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Chef Jojo

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London

After a successful career working as a creative in fashion marketing and advertising for 10+ years, British Born Chinese Chef Jojo decided to pursue her passion for cooking more seriously and retrain as a professional chef at Leith's School of Food and Wine. She is passionate about showcasing traditional Cantonese cooking and changing perceptions of how many people regard Chinese food as a greasy Saturday night takeaway. Her love for fresh, clean flavours combined with authentic Chinese cooking techniques creates dishes that are both comforting and moreish, ideal for sharing in a family-style dining experience. With her family originating from Hong Kong, Jojo learnt to cook with her parents from a young age and has fond childhood memories of her family kitchen smelling of fragrant, savoury broths bubbling on the stove for hours and weekends spent making dozens of dumplings with her late father. Aside from her particular love for Chinese cookery, she loves to experiment and cook all cuisines from Japanese and Korean to classic French, and baked her way through the Covid-19 pandemic. Her previous career in art direction continues to heavily influence her new profession, with an eye for beautiful and modern presentation and an ambition to inspire others to get creative and reflect their own unique personalities through cooking.

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Description

Experience an authentic Cantonese family-style dinner in the comfort of your own home. Discover a different side of Chinese cuisine with a generous and abundant meal designed to share with your loved ones, allowing you to try every dish without getting food envy! The heart of every family dinner for most Hongkongers is a balanced and exciting array of different dishes that offer contrasting textures, tastes and colours, all served with fragrant Jasmine rice to soak up all the flavours. There most usually is always at least one fish, one meat and one vegetable dish accompanied by a fragrant, nourishing soup to finish the meal. Fresh, seasonal ingredients are enhanced with aromatic seasonings and cooked in a variety of ways such as steaming, stir-frying and braising to create moreish and comforting dishes you'll want to dip into again and again. Expect authentic dishes you might not have tried before mixed in with classic Cantonese favourites with this heartwarming and delicious dining experience. Available locations: London

Experience details

Experience duration:

5 hours

Maximum number of Guests:

15

Minimum spend:

£

640

Lead time ahead of booking:

7 days

Set up time:

2 hours

Packing up time:

1 Hour

Additional info

Included from the hometainer:

2 starters, 5 main dishes and 2 desserts for sharing, steamed Jasmine rice, menu consultation, specialised cooking and serving equipment (bamboo steamers/wok/rice cooker), wooden chopsticks, full kitchen clean-up. SAMPLE MENU This sharing style dinner comprises of 2 starters, 5 main dishes with steamed Jasmine rice and 2 desserts to share. Chef Jojo can recommend a balanced mix of these main dishes or you can select your favourites: STARTERS (Choose 2) • Pork, Cabbage and Shitake Dumplings • Prawn, Water Chestnut and Bamboo Shoot Dumplings • Pork and Prawn Wontons in Chilli Oil and Black Vinegar • Mini Spring Rolls with Pork, Carrot, Onion and Vermecelli • Grilled Ginger and Soy Chicken Skewers • Prawn Summer Rolls with Seasonal Herbs MEAT AND FISH (Choose 3) • Soy Sauce Braised Chicken • ‘Char Siu’ - Cantonese Style Barbequed Pork • Steamed Pork Ribs in Black Bean Sauce • ‘White-cut’ Slow-poached Corn-fed Chicken with Ginger and Spring Onion Relish • Caramelised Pork Belly with New Potatoes • Cantonese Style Beef Fillet • Steamed Chicken with Shitake Mushrooms and Wind-dried Sausage • Ma Po Tofu with Pork Belly and Aubergine • Stir-fried Tiger Prawns with Asparagus and Oyster Sauce • Steamed Whole Sea bass/Sea bream with Ginger, Spring onion and Soy • Steamed Salmon Steaks with Black Bean Sauce, Chilli, Ginger and Garlic • Stir-fried Mussels in Black Bean Sauce • Stir-fried ‘Ketchup’ Tiger Prawns VEGETABLES (Choose 2) • Stir-fried Morning Glory with Fermented Beancurd, Ginger, Garlic and Chilli • Stir-fried Baby Pak Choi/Kai Lan with Ginger, Garlic and Oyster Sauce • Steamed Silken Tofu with Chilli, Garlic, Ginger, Coriander, Sesame and Soy • Smacked Cucumber Salad with Wood Ear Mushroom, Chilli, Coriander and Black Vinegar • Braised Silken Tofu with Enoki and Shitake Mushrooms DESSERT (Choose 2) • Seasonal Fresh Fruit Platter • Tang Yuan with Peanut, Coconut and Sesame • Mango Pomelo Sago • Chilled Grass Jelly with Sweet Ginger Soup If there are any alternative specific Cantonese dishes you would prefer, please request these in your enquiry and Chef Jojo will do her best to accommodate where possible.

I will need the host to provide

Stove with at least 4 hobs, standard utensils, pots and pans, chopping boards, bowls/plates for each guest, large serving plates/shallow bowls, cutlery