Deh Ta Hsiung

Deh Ta Hsiung was born into a family of scholars and gourmets in old Peking, which is now known as Beijing  and travelled widely throughout China as a teenager. He had a traditional classical Chinese upbringing before coming to England at the age of 17 to complete my education at Oxford and in London.

On graduation from the Slade School of Fine Art in 1960, He worked in films first as an Assistant Director, and then as an Editor until the mid-80s. But from the mid-70s, he also began to write articles and books on Chinese cuisine, and he also started to teach Chinese cookery, as well as acting as a food and wine consultant to Chinese restaurants and food manufacturers.