Tony Tan
Chef, author and cooking teacher known for blending Chinese, Malay and British culinary traditions; has run restaurants, written cookbooks (including Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class), led gastronomic tours and runs a cooking school.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 47min
A boy called Little Chilli — how flavour and migration led to unexpected love
Tony Tan, chef and cooking teacher who fuses Chinese, Malay and British cuisines, shares his culinary roots and migratory journey. He talks about growing up in colonial kitchens, the origin of his nickname Little Chilli, melting pot flavours like char siu and soy roast chicken, and how food and love led him from Malaysia to Melbourne and beyond.
