CookSmart (15th Issue) Page36

Celebrity Pick

Barry Cox

He Sings Cantopop, He Cooks Chinese Food

Barry Cox was born and grew up in England, yet he was so interested in the Chinese culture that he came to Hong Kong to pursue a singing career.

You are 100% British. Why did you choose to pursue a singing career in Chinese society?

I started to learn Chinese at 17, when the owner of a Chinese restaurant asked me to help his nephew with English. At the same time, the young man taught me to speak Cantonese. Later, I signed up with a local Chinese school to learn the dialect; it was there that a friend introduced me to Cantopop. Those songs were so touching that I became a Cantopop fan. I even won a few amateur Chinese singing contests. Finally I made up my mind that I would pursue a singing career. So I moved to Hong Kong.