Ching He Huang

Ching-He Huang (Chinese: 黃瀞億; pinyin: Huáng Jìngyì; Wade–Giles: Huang² Ching⁴-i⁴; born 8 November 1978), often known in English-language media simply as Ching, is a British Taiwanese food writer and TV chef who has appeared in a variety of television cooking shows and is the author of six best-selling cookbooks. Ching is recognised as a foodie entrepreneur having created her own food businesses. She has become the face of Chinese cookery internationally through her TV shows, books, tableware range and involvement in many high-profile campaigns and causes.

Born in Tainan, Taiwan to Taiwanese parents, Ching spent most of her early childhood (from age 5) in South Africa before her parents moved to London when she was 11 years old. Educated at Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London and Bocconi Business School in Milan, Ching graduated with a first class economics degree and set up her own food businesses, Fuge Ltd and TZU.

Ching is known for her cookery programmes, her first being Ching's Kitchen which was first shown on UKTV Food in 2005. Other television appearances followed including Daily Cooks, Saturday Cooks and Great Food Live.

She is a regular guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen with James Martin, and has made guest appearances on Food and Drink with Tom Kerridge, Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, CBBC's The Munch Box, BBC's Christmas Kitchen and Spring Kitchen, Channel 4's Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose, UK Food's Market Kitchen as well as guest appearances on Ready Steady Cook, Cooking the Books and cooked live for Melanie Sykes on Grand Designs Live. She appeared as a regular guest on Sky Television food show Taste, hosted by Beverley Turner.