Acclaimed chef, LGBT advocate leads social, culinary change in Hong Kong

Controversial restaurateur May Chow unbowed by COVID-19 pandemic

“Women always have to fight double and triple hard," says Canadian-born Hong Kong chef May Chow, who was named Asia’s Best Female Chef by the World’s Best 50 Restaurants in 2017.

JOHN KRICH, Contributing writer

January 23, 2021 08:00 JST

HONG KONG -- May Chow may be the most controversial -- and visible -- chef in Hong Kong: an acclaimed female restaurateur who is also a symbol of change for women and the LGBTQ community in greater China. But it seems she is just getting started.