CookSmart (9th Issue) Page32

Celebrity Pick

Young Master of Culinary Arts - LAU Ka Lun

Mr LAU Ka-lun, a talented young chef, is best known for his seafood dishes. By the age of twenty-six, he has been awarded ESCOFFIER Honor & International Grand Chef Honor by Les Aims d’ Escoffier Society- Les Disciples and has won Le Cordon Bleu Honor from the Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts.

A Self-taught Chef

LAU joined the food industry at the age of eight when he started to help out after school in his family-owned restaurant in Lau Fau Shan. He became the executive chef of the restaurant at the early age of sixteen.

LAU shared with us his key to success -- Be open-minded and be willing to accept new and different ideas. He learned his wok-flipping skills by flipping raw rice in a wok. By developing numerous popular recipes, he started to earn the respect of veteran chefs.