{"id":61981,"date":"2026-06-19T15:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61981"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:12:25","slug":"meet-the-chef-marrying-cantonese-and-jiangnan-cuisines-at-wynn-palace-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61981","title":{"rendered":"Meet the chef marrying Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines at Wynn Palace in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"


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At 34, Kevin Zhu has already clocked more kitchen miles and career pivots than many chefs twice his age. He has been a farmhouse wok master, a fledgling apprentice scrubbing floors, a restaurateur-entrepreneur in northern China and the youngest Chinese executive chef in the Shangri-La hotel group\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Today, he stands at the helm of Lakeview Palace at Wynn Palace in Macau<\/span>, quietly orchestrating one of the most intriguing culinary conversations in the Chinese-speaking world: a seamless, soulful marriage of Cantonese and Jiangnan gastronomy.<\/div>\n

But his path was never a straight line \u2013 it began with a decision that was not even his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never dreamed of being a chef,\u201d Zhu laughs, recalling when his father secretly enrolled him in a cooking school in Guangzhou when he was just a teenager. \u201cHe just came home one day and told me he signed me up. I had no idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to watch those New Oriental cooking school ads on TV together. He thought it would be a stable job \u2013 and maybe help me find a girlfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chef Kevin Zhu portions out Jiangnan double-boiled triple-layer duck soup at Lakeview Palace in Macau. Photo: Chloe Loung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018I quit after a week\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n


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