Ken Hom

Ken Hom

Ken Hom OBE ( Chinese  譚榮輝 , Pinyin Tán Rónghuī ; born May 3, 1949 in Tucson , Arizona ) is an American chef , author and TV chef.

Life

Hom was born in Tucson in 1949 to Taishanese. He grew up in Chicago with his widowed mother since his father died when he was eight months old. He learned to cook in his uncle's Chinese restaurant. He studied art history at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1984 Ken Hom hosted a TV cooking show for the first time on the BBC , and the series Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery was a great success. In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire .

Publications

TV series

• Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery (1984)
• Hot Chefs (1992)
• Ken Hom's Hot Wok (1996)
• Ken Hom's Travels with a Hot Wok (1998)
• Foolproof Chinese Cookery (2000)
• Take on the Takeaway (2007)
• Noodle Road ( KBS ) (2008)
• Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure (with Ching He Huang ) (2012)

Books

• Ken Hom: Chinese Technique . Simon & Schuster , 1981, ISBN 0-671-25347-6 .
• Ken Hom: Ken Hom's East Meets West Cuisine . Macmillan Publishers , 1987, ISBN 978-0-333-45989-8 .
• Ken Hom: Easy Family Dishes: A Memoir with Recipes . BBC Books , 1988, ISBN 978-0-563-38439-7 .
• Ken Hom: The Taste of China . Pavilion Books , 1990, ISBN 978-1-85145-247-7 .
• Ken Hom: Easy Family Recipes from a Chinese-American Childhood . Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. , 1997, ISBN 978-0-394-58758-5 .
• Ken Hom: Ken Hom's Quick Wok . Headline Publishing Group , 2001, ISBN 978-0-7553-1091-3 .
• Ken Hom: Truffles . Hachette Livre , 2001, 978-2-0123-6629-9.
• Ken Hom: Ken Hom's Travels With a Hot Wok . BBC Books, 2002, ISBN 978-0-563-53494-5 .
• Ken Hom: Foolproof Asian Cookery . BBC Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-563-48869-9 .
• Ken Hom: Ken Hom's Top 100 Stir Fry Recipes . BBC Books, 2004, ISBN 978-0-563-52164-8 .
• Ken Hom: Wok & Co . Hachette, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84430-177-5 .
• Ken Hom: Simple Asian Cookery . BBC Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0-563-49368-6 .
• Ken Hom: Ken Hom's Simple Thai Cookery . BBC Books, 2006, ISBN 978-0-563-49328-0 .
• Ken Hom: My Kitchen Table - Ken Hom: 100 Quick Stir-Fry Recipes . BBC Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84990-147-5 .
• Ken Hom: Complete Chinese Cookbook . BBC Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84990-082-9 .
• Ken Hom: My Kitchen Table: 100 Easy Chinese Suppers . BBC Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84990-398-1 .
• Ken Hom: Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure . BBC Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84990-498-8 .
• My Stir-Fried Life, Ken Hom, The Robson Press , 2016, ISBN 978-1-84954-978-3 .

Web links

• http://www.kenhom.com/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-ken-hom-ching-he-huang-8586964.html
2. ↑ https://thenanfang.com/chef-ken-hom-cooks-up-a-tv-treat/
3. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/17/dining/the-world-beckons-and-one-more-chinese-chef-leaves-america.html
4. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2002/aug/03/features.jobsmoney1
5. ↑ http://kenhom.com/obe/