There’s no slowing celebrity chef Elizabeth Chong down.
Elizabeth, who will celebrate her 85th birthday in a few weeks time, is on
the move again after taking delivery of her new Jayco caravan.
It is her second caravan ... the first having served her well but was
recently retired after more than a decade of active service.
Jayco helped customise her Starcraft caravan to help accommodate her
culinary skills when cooking on the road.
Her first stop was Victoria's Mitchelton Winery in Nagambie where she
joined barbeque tragic Bob Hart to produce a series of Cruising Cuisine
cooking videos that are on various websites for caravanners.
When not presenting cooking shows at RV expos around the country,
Elizabeth is more than happy when her Starcraft is resting at the
beachside Kilcunda Holiday Park on South Gippsland’s rugged
coastline with views over Bass Strait.
"It is here that I love my time entertaining and cooking for the many
family and friends that come to stay and play throughout the year," she
said.
"Me and my family have spent many summer holidays here and now with my
state-of-the-art mobile home it seems I have become more popular than
ever."
Elizabeth's boundless energy and enthusiasm makes her the perfect Seniors
Poster Girl and a role model for people of all ages.
Jayco chairman Gerry Ryan said his company was delighted to help Elizabeth
and come up with a unique fit out for her Starcraft caravan.
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Elizabeth receives the keys
to her new
Jayco from Mr Ryan |
"It's now geared to help cook and entertain for her family and friends as
well as cooking demonstrations at RV shows," he said.
Born in the small rice-farming village outside Guangzhou ‒ formerly Canton
‒ in May, 1931, Elizabeth arrived in Australia aged three.
And for more than 55 years the Elizabeth Chong Cooking School has
conducted cooking classes, teaching more than 35,000 Australian students
the art of preparing Chinese and Asian cuisine.
Her exclusive Gourmet Club, now in its 27th year, holds seasonal dinners
at leading Asian restaurants throughout Melbourne.
Known as The Empress of Chinatown, Elizabeth shares stories about her
heritage when hosting monthly walking tours of the historic Chinatown
precinct.
She has written several cookbooks, including The Heritage of Chinese
Cooking, which won the Prix La Mazille as International Cookbook Of The
Year.
Then there's her many television appearances, her Tiny Delights TV series
on Foxtel, culinary tours to China and Hong Kong and attending to her
duties as an Australia Day Ambassador.
And it was Elizabeth's father William Wing Young who produced the first
dim sim in 1942 to compete with the Aussie pie at his Wing Lee restaurant
in Melbourne.
"My father used to deliver them in his Chevy to the football where he set
up in competition with the Four'N Twenty pie," Elizabeth said.
"Before long, his factory was producing many thousands of them for sale
throughout Australia."
The tradition continues.
