Stephen Yan

Stephen Yan (Chinese name:甄文達, born in Hong Kong, China) was the host of the successful Canadian television cooking show Wok with Yan. Image File history File links Stephen Yan File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Stephen Yan File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Stephen Yan Wok with Yan was a Chinese cooking show starring Stephen Yan that almost exclusively showed recipes for stir fry. ...

The Vancouver based chef owned 2 Chinese restaurants in Vancouver. His hit show was orginally produced at CBOT in Ottawa from 1980 to 1995, syndaicated in US, and Asia for over 12 years Stephen has produced over 500 episodes in WOK WITH YAN. It airs today in reruns today on Toronto's OMNI.2. CBOT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: 1850 as Bytown Area: 2,778. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... CJMT is a Canadian television station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto, Ontario. ...

Stephen also has produced travel and variety shows called "WOK'S UP?" for C.B.C.; "YAN'S WOKKING' for B.C.T.V. plus several half hour Travel Specials on Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Disneyworld, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, kind of original pioneer of travel shows.

Yan's charismatic personality on his television show can be attributed to his spontaneous humour that included one-liners spoken with his trademark Cantonese accent or him playing with his food or cookware. He has appeared on Late Night withDavid Letterman, Good Morning America, Regis Philbin, and show from US, to Australia. en:Cantonese (linguistics) ... cast-iron iron enamel stainless steel The cooking pan is a type of food preparation utensil commonly found in the kitchen which includes many more specific cooking vessels such as saucepans and frying pans (or fry pans). ...

Also, a trade mark of his, aprons bore a different 'Wok' pun every show. Some examples are:

• Wok & Roll

• Wokking My Baby Back Home

• Danger, Men at Wok

• Wok Around the Clock

• Wok the Heck

• You Are Wok You Eat

• Wok Goes Up Must Come Down

• Wok's new, Pussycat?

Yan was the author of bestselling cook books:

• Vegetables the Chinese Way
• Creative Carving
• The Stephen Yan Seafood Wokbook
• Wok With Yan Television Cookbook
• "Maggie Cookbook"

Wok on the Wild Sideand "Wok Before You Run" were video cooking tapes produced in 1980s and distributed worldwide.

He is not related to Chinese-American chef Martin Yan of the PBS series Yan Can Cook', Martin was an employee and had worked for Stephen Yan in 1980s as demonstrator for Stephen's product. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Yan Can Cook was a Chinese cooking show starring Martin Yan that showed recipes for stir frying and other traditional Chinese dishes. ...

External links

• Wok with Yan
• Stephen Yan