Big announcement!

Finally, I can share that my debut non-fiction book An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included) will be published with Renegade Books. Three years ago I started self-publishing a series of essays that uses Chinese food as a lens to explore who we in the diaspora are, and how we relate to the world. Those 26 essays comprise not a recipe book, but a deliberate ‘anti-glossary’ – an edible anthology that serves up Chinese flavour beyond just its taste.

Golden Chopsticks Award 2024

I am a finalist in the Golden Chopsticks Award’s ‘Food Influencer’ category.

Code Hospitality’s Women of the Year 2024

I was included in Code Hospitality’s Women of the Year list for the second time. This time in the ‘Leader’ category for ‘setting strategic direction, influencing change, and achieving substantial impact through leadership in the hospitality industry’.

It’s the mother of all pop-ups. Celestial Peach is collaborating with Happy Endings to form Peachy Endings for one day only. Expect full-spectrum spice levels, strata of umami and textured toppings atop full bodied, premium quality soft serve ice cream. Find out more on Instagram.

Saturday 3rd Feb: Asian Slaw Alliance - live in conversation

Jenny Lau invites Asian food lovers to reclaim and reimagine the ‘Asian’ in ‘Asian slaw’ according to their heritage and memories in this conversation with Art Director Chris O’Leary. Asian Slaw Alliance is a creative, trope-busting, food storytelling project by Lau, founder of food platform Celestial Peach. Chris O’Leary is founder of FatBoy Zine, a publishing project that combines visual arts with writing and delicious Asian recipes.

Fri 9th Feb: Preserving Identity - Pickling and Song

Join singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss and food activist Jenny Lau and unlock your multitudes in this immersive and playful community workshop as part of Kakilang’s Creative Lab 2.0.

In this workshop, we will pickle vegetables and write songs – processes paired together, we believe, for the first time! Immersed in these activities, we will explore and share discussion points that place us in the centre of our own narratives. At the end of the workshop, we will each have a jar of pickles, a new song, and new inspirations about where we’re at, and where we’re heading – both as individuals and a collective.

London Feeds Itself, 2nd edition

Jenny Lau is published in the expanded 2nd edition of London Feeds Itself, Jonathan Nunn’s anthology that explores London’s food vernacular culture.