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Outlook: A Family Affair: A hand-me-down recipe made me a cookery star

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04/01/2024 GMT

A Family Affair: A hand-me-down recipe made me a cookery star

BBC World Service - Outlook, A Family Affair: A hand-me-down recipe made me a cookery star

Elizabeth Chong popularised Chinese food in Australia with her father's family recipes

Elizabeth Chong became a household name sharing her family's recipes and stories, transforming the reputation of Chinese food and culture in Australia.

In Australia, Elizabeth Chong is a household name. She's a celebrity chef and has done more than anyone – except possibly her father – to popularise Chinese cuisine. In her cookery classes and then on TV she would share her family's recipes and stories and won millions of fans, both among native-born Australians and newly-arrived South East Asian immigrants. And yet Elizabeth nearly wasn't allowed into Australia at all. (First broadcast in May 2022).

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Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Katy Takatsuki

(Photo: Elizabeth Chong receives her 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honour medal. Credit: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

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