03 July 2012

Welcome Onboard: Chef Clinton Zhu to the Young Chefs Development Team


The young chefs development team are very pleased to announce the appointment to the Young chefs development team of chef Clinton Zhu.

The young chefs development team are very pleased to announce the appointment to the Young chefs development team of chef Clinton Zhu. Chef Clinton is a very active member of the Shanghai Young chefs club and Chinese cuisines Association and is a welcome addition to our growing team. Chef Clinton will work on a number of activities with the main one being the development of young chefs clubs throughout china with the help of young ambassador Jasper Jek of Singapore
We are very proud to announce Clinton onto our team and look forward to seeing the growth of the young chef movement in china.
Clinton Zhu graduated with distinctions from Shanghai Tourism School Culinary Specialist and began his career at the Okura Hotel French find dinning restaurant in Shanghai with Master Chef Araki at 1996, who was the head chef at the time. After completed his apprenticeship in Okura Hotel, he was working his skills in different international hotel group and restaurants like ING, Accor, BLN group & Max und Moritz restaurant. He has won awards at culinary competitions in China & Hong Kong and judged different competition in Thailand, Taipei, Shanghai and Beijing. Clinton has traveled worldwide including countries like Australian, USA, France, Swiss, Austria, and German where he learned a lot about the different cuisine cultures. In 2007, Clinton has represented China in WACS Pacific Forum in Kuala Lumpur. Currently he is the visiting professor of Shanghai Institute of Tourism, member of China Cuisine Association and founder of Shanghai Junior Chefs Club to train the younger generation and improve the junior chef professional. As a chef, Clinton would like contribute his whole life and doing the best for junior chefs. 

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