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'''Grace Choy''' ({{zh|t=孫美華|s=孙美华|first=t,s}}) is a ], award-winning author and a contributing writer.]
'''Grace Choy''' ({{zh|t=蔡孫美華|s=蔡孙美华|first=t,s}}; born 1967<ref name="Whitehead2024-05-06">{{cite news |last=Whitehead |first=Kate |date=2024-05-06 |title=Profile {{vbar}} Grace Choy enjoyed cooking so much she opened a restaurant, wrote an award-winning cookbook, then left Hong Kong for Japan |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3261292/grace-choy-enjoyed-cooking-so-much-she-opened-restaurant-wrote-award-winning-cookbook-then-left-hong |newspaper=] |accessdate=2025-01-06 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2025.01.06-120341/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3261292/grace-choy-enjoyed-cooking-so-much-she-opened-restaurant-wrote-award-winning-cookbook-then-left-hong |archivedate=2025-01-06 }}</ref>) is a Hong Kong chef.
Choy and Choy's restaurant ChoyChoy reported as the


⚫ ==Early life==
* Hong Kong’s 10 best private kitchens by CNN<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hannam |first=Keshia |date=2016-06-13 |title=Hong Kong’s 10 best private kitchens |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-best-private-kitchens/index.html |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
Choy was born in 1967 in ], Hong Kong.<ref name="Whitehead2024-05-06"/><ref name="Kwong2014-12-24">{{cite news |last=Kwong |first=Yuet-kuen 鄺月娟 |date=2014-12-24 |title=私房女強人 |trans-title=Private kitchen strong woman |language=zh |magazine=] }}</ref> She has four brothers and one sister and is the second-youngest of the siblings. Her parents ran a business selling ] sets and tables, but her father died when she was five years old. Her mother raised six children by herself.<ref name="Whitehead2024-05-06"/> Choy received a ] in secretarial information management at a university in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Yao2023-07-22">{{cite news |last=Yao |first=Shun 姚舜 |date=2023-07-22 |title=名．店．新．菜－香港私房菜女王Grace Choy客座紫艷中餐廳 |trans-title=Name. Shop. New. Cuisine－Grace Choy, the Queen of Hong Kong's Private Cuisine, is a guest at Yen Chinese Restaurant |language=zh |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20230722000236-260209?chdtv |newspaper=] |accessdate=2024-03-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321091027/https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20230722000236-260209?chdtv |archivedate=2024-03-21 }}</ref> Choy did administrative work for 10 years.<ref name="Au-yeung2014-04-26">{{cite news |last=Au-yeung |first=Hiu-sze 歐陽曉思 |date=2014-04-26 |title=賞味：10萬粉絲 村屋飄香 |trans-title=Appreciation: 100,000 fans, the fragrance of the village house |language=zh |newspaper=] |page=E8 }}</ref> She married Ken in 1998 and moved with him to ] and ], assisting him with his ] business.<ref name="Kwong2014-12-24"/><ref name="Au-yeung2014-04-26"/> She returned to Hong Kong in 2006 and joined ] as an administrator in 2008 where she worked for two years.<ref name="Kwong2014-12-24"/><ref name="Au-yeung2014-04-26"/>
* Five of the best Hong Kong hidden private kitchens by SCMP<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-05 |title=Five of the best Hong Kong hidden private kitchens |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48-hours/article/1845536/five-best-hong-kong-hidden-private-kitchens |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
* Chinese Cuisine that Hong Kong celebrities love by Vogue Japan<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inukai |first=Yumiko |date=2019-07-16 |title=香港セレブも夢中の優しい中華──「チョイ チョイ キッチン」。【犬養裕美子の食ガイド】 |url=https://www.vogue.co.jp/lifestyle/gourmet/2019-07-16/inukai |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Vogue Japan |language=ja-JP}}</ref>
* Queen of the Hidden Restaurant World by GQ Japan<ref>{{Cite web |last=小石原はるか |date=2019-06-09 |title=隠れ家レストラン界の女王が西麻布にやってきた！グレース・チョイに突撃インタビュー |url=https://www.gqjapan.jp/life/food-restaurant/201900610/grace-choy |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=GQ JAPAN |language=ja-JP}}</ref> and other core media around the world.


==Career==
ChoyChoy is also the most liked Chinese Restaurant on Facebook with 1,000,000 followers.
Choy started a 16-seat restaurant in ] in 2011. Named ChoyChoy ({{zh|t=蔡菜館}}), the restaurant served Hong Kong cuisine and offered breakfast and light meals.<ref name="Yao2023-07-22"/><ref name="travelerluxe">{{Cite web |title=香港蔡菜館，家常私房菜的魔法饗宴 |url=https://www.travelerluxe.com/article/desc/170000117 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=TRAVELER Luxe 大人的美好時光 |language=zh-Hant}}</ref> ] and '']'' said ChoyChoy was one of Hong Kong's top ].<ref name="hannam">{{Cite web |author=Keshia Hannam, for |title=Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-best-private-kitchens/index.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=CNN |date=13 June 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Keshia Hannam, for |title=Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-best-private-kitchens/index.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=CNN |date=13 June 2016 |language=en}}</ref> ChoyChoy relocated to ], ], in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-09 |title=隠れ家レストラン界の女王が西麻布にやってきた！グレース・チョイに突撃インタビュー |url=https://www.gqjapan.jp/life/food-restaurant/201900610/grace-choy |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=GQ JAPAN |language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-16 |title=香港セレブも夢中の優しい中華──「チョイ チョイ キッチン」。【犬養裕美子の食ガイド】 |url=https://www.vogue.co.jp/lifestyle/gourmet/2019-07-16/inukai |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Vogue Japan |language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Keshia Hannam, for |title=Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-best-private-kitchens/index.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=CNN |date=13 June 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-05 |title=Five of the best Hong Kong hidden private kitchens |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48-hours/article/1845536/five-best-hong-kong-hidden-private-kitchens |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> Choy started her restaurant after she had been fired three times from various office jobs, after which she was diagnosed with ].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=李虹睿 |title=How a middle-aged woman found her lifetime career |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202311/10/WS654de7cea31090682a5ed9de.html |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref><ref name="Whitehead2024-05-06" />


In 2018, she wrote the cookbook ''Grace's 60 Recipes'', which was awarded "Best Woman Chef Book" by {{ill|Gourmand World Cookbook Awards|fr|Gourmand World Cookbook Awards}} in 2019.<ref name="Ziegler2023-06-03">{{cite news |last=Ziegler |first=Owen |date=2023-06-03 |title=At Grace Choy's table, a tantalizing portal to Cantonese cuisine |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/03/food/grace-choy-chef-nakameguro/ |newspaper=] |accessdate=2024-03-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321085839/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/03/food/grace-choy-chef-nakameguro/ |archivedate=2024-03-21 }}</ref> Choy moved to Tokyo in 2019 and started ChoyChoy in ]. ChoyChoy Kitchen relocated to ], ], Tokyo.<ref name="Ziegler2023-06-03" /> The restaurant can accommodate four guests.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ziegler |first=Owen |date=2023-06-03 |title=At Grace Choy’s table, a tantalizing portal to Cantonese cuisine |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/03/food/grace-choy-chef-nakameguro/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref>
== Award Winning Cookbook ==
In 2018, Choy published her cookbook through Kickstarter and it became one of the most successful funded cookbook on the platform with over 500% funded. This Cookbook was reported by China Daily<ref>{{Cite web |last=李虹睿 |title=New book: Try 60 favorites from a Hong Kong chef |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/24/WS5ad5a27da3105cdcf6518d20.html |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref> and SCMP<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Profile {{!}} Fired 3 times, Grace Choy found her vocation as chef of her own restaurant |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3261292/grace-choy-enjoyed-cooking-so-much-she-opened-restaurant-wrote-award-winning-cookbook-then-left-hong |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>.

The Cookbook was shipped to 26 countries around the world.

The Cookbook won the championship of Best Woman Chef Book Award of ]. The Gourmand Awards have been compared to the “Oscars” for film. They are inspired by the Olympic Games and their spirit.

== Contributing Writer ==
Choy is now contributing writer for:

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⚫ ==Early life and early career==
Choy graduated from ] with a Secretarial Diploma.

Choy was fired from three office jobs before finally being diagnosed with ].

Choy can only maintain focus while in the kitchen as reported by China Daily.<ref>{{Cite web |last=李虹睿 |title=How a middled age woman find her lifetime career |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202311/10/WS654de7cea31090682a5ed9de.html |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref>

== Move to Japan ==
Choy moved to Japan to use Japanese ingredients in her Chinese cuisine and because she found that most Chinese cuisine in Japan is not authentic as reported by The Japan Times<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ziegler |first=Owen |date=2023-06-03 |title=At Grace Choy’s table, a tantalizing portal to Cantonese cuisine |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/03/food/grace-choy-chef-nakameguro/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref> and Metropolis<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernon |first=Matthew |date=2023-02-23 |title=Based in Japan: Grace Choy {{!}} Culture |url=https://metropolisjapan.com/an-interview-with-hong-kong-chef-grace-choy/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Metropolis Japan |language=en-US}}</ref>.


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Grace Choy (traditional Chinese: 蔡孫美華; simplified Chinese: 蔡孙美华; born 1967) is a Hong Kong chef.

Early life

Choy was born in 1967 in New Territories, Hong Kong. She has four brothers and one sister and is the second-youngest of the siblings. Her parents ran a business selling mahjong sets and tables, but her father died when she was five years old. Her mother raised six children by herself. Choy received a diploma in secretarial information management at a university in the United Kingdom. Choy did administrative work for 10 years. She married Ken in 1998 and moved with him to Guangdong and Northeast China, assisting him with his Mainland Chinese business. She returned to Hong Kong in 2006 and joined Miele as an administrator in 2008 where she worked for two years.

Career

Choy started a 16-seat restaurant in Yuen Long in 2011. Named ChoyChoy (Chinese: 蔡菜館), the restaurant served Hong Kong cuisine and offered breakfast and light meals. CNN and The South China Morning Post said ChoyChoy was one of Hong Kong's top private kitchens. ChoyChoy relocated to Nishi azabu, Tokyo, in 2019. Choy started her restaurant after she had been fired three times from various office jobs, after which she was diagnosed with ADHD.

In 2018, she wrote the cookbook Grace's 60 Recipes, which was awarded "Best Woman Chef Book" by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards [fr] in 2019. Choy moved to Tokyo in 2019 and started ChoyChoy in Roppongi. ChoyChoy Kitchen relocated to Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo. The restaurant can accommodate four guests.

References

  1. ^ Whitehead, Kate (2024-05-06). "Profile | Grace Choy enjoyed cooking so much she opened a restaurant, wrote an award-winning cookbook, then left Hong Kong for Japan". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2025-01-06. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  2. ^ Kwong, Yuet-kuen 鄺月娟 (2014-12-24). "私房女強人" [Private kitchen strong woman]. East Week (in Chinese).
  3. ^ Yao, Shun 姚舜 (2023-07-22). "名．店．新．菜－香港私房菜女王Grace Choy客座紫艷中餐廳" [Name. Shop. New. Cuisine－Grace Choy, the Queen of Hong Kong's Private Cuisine, is a guest at Yen Chinese Restaurant]. China Times (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  4. ^ Au-yeung, Hiu-sze 歐陽曉思 (2014-04-26). "賞味：10萬粉絲 村屋飄香" [Appreciation: 100,000 fans, the fragrance of the village house]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). p. E8.
  5. "香港蔡菜館，家常私房菜的魔法饗宴". TRAVELER Luxe 大人的美好時光 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  6. Keshia Hannam, for (13 June 2016). "Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  7. Keshia Hannam, for (13 June 2016). "Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  8. "隠れ家レストラン界の女王が西麻布にやってきた！グレース・チョイに突撃インタビュー". GQ JAPAN (in Japanese). 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  9. "香港セレブも夢中の優しい中華──「チョイ チョイ キッチン」。【犬養裕美子の食ガイド】". Vogue Japan (in Japanese). 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  10. Keshia Hannam, for (13 June 2016). "Hong Kong's 10 best private kitchens". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  11. "Five of the best Hong Kong hidden private kitchens". South China Morning Post. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  12. 李虹睿. "How a middle-aged woman found her lifetime career". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  13. ^ Ziegler, Owen (2023-06-03). "At Grace Choy's table, a tantalizing portal to Cantonese cuisine". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  14. Ziegler, Owen (2023-06-03). "At Grace Choy's table, a tantalizing portal to Cantonese cuisine". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2025-01-14.

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