Content creator Crystal Wong shared her highlights from the Golden Chopsticks Awards for her first print article…
All roads led to Mayfair’s Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square on Monday 26th September for a glittering ceremony filled with VIPS, celebrities, food writers, and prominent influencers in the Oriental food & drink industry. Co-founded in 2018 by host Gok Wan MBE alongside friends Lucy Mitchell and Sarah Lewis, The Golden Chopsticks Awards (The GCAs) has become one of the largest and most prestigious celebrations of East and South East Asian food in the world.
Photos courtesy of GCAs, L-R: GCAs founders and judging panel, editor-in-chief Kai Lutterodt and content creator Crystal Wong, Andy Clarke, Robert Ellison of Tonic Magazine, Simon Rimmer, Vanessa Feltz & Ben Ofoedu
The growing popularity of oriental cuisines in the UK has seen a demand for emerging Asian chefs who have opened a plethora of eateries including pop ups to supper clubs. The GCAs have become an important ceremony, celebrating newcomers alongside well-established successful hospitality veterans.
There were 19 Award categories and ‘The Best Dumpling Award’ was one to to keep an eye on (a hint by Gok). The winner of the award was Chung Ying Group, well deserved and truly a force to be reckoned with as they came out on top, beating many of the Capital’s renowned restaurants for their dumplings… congratulations to Birmingham!
My personal favourite was ‘The Golden Chef Award’ presented to Andrew Wong, whose heartfelt speech dedicated to his late father, recognising the hard work of those who came before us, had everyone feeling emotional. As a British-born of Chinese heritage, his speech resonated with my own upbringing and understanding where we come from through our food.
Soho winners, Opium, took home ‘Best Golden Cocktail Award’, a new category introduced this year. Other West End winners included Park Chinois for ‘Best Dining Experience‘, Cuppacha for ‘Best Sweet Treat’, Hakkasan for ‘Best Fine Dining’ and Inamo Sukoshi for ‘Best Street Food Award’. Huge congratulations to all winners!
British boy-band sensation Blue took us all down nostalgia lane by ending the night with a brilliant performance of their early noughties classic hits!
Written by Crystal Wong | IG: @our_little_life_adventures
To find out more about the GCAs and full line up of winners CLICK HERE! IG: @thegoldenchopsticksawards
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