Growing up poor Martin Yan grew up in Guangzhou, China to a life of relative poverty. His parents owned a restaurant but unfortunately, his father died when he was five and the family fell on hard ...

Fortunately, legendary Chinese-American chef and media personality Martin Yan has a surprising and straightforward method that can dramatically speed things up once you master it. In a video with ...

The celebrated host of over 2,000 cooking shows, Martin Yan enjoys distinction as a certified Master Chef, a highly respected food consultant, a professional instructor and a prolific author.

After receiving his formal restaurant training in Hong Kong, Chef Martin Yan immigrated to Calgary, Canada where he was asked to appear in a daytime news program to demonstrate Chinese cooking.