Hei Kiu Au

Hei Kiu is a Hong Kong-born food writer, photographer and historian who loves to uncover extraordinary tales within ordinary bowls of noodles. With a blend of Chinese-Portuguese roots, her work on European-Asian culinary heritage has been featured in a number of lifestyle publications, such as Tatler, South China Morning Post and Michelin Guide, as well as in research work at Oxford and Yale-NUS.

She is also an award‑winning multimedia artist and photographer whose work has been exhibited in Zurich and Singapore. A globetrotter, she has visited 50 countries before turning 25. As a Yenching Scholar, she is studying her Master's in China Studies (Literature and Culture), working on her manuscript to bring Chinese seasonal eating philosophy to the global spotlight.