Bill Poon, the chef who changed everything we thought we knew about Chinese food

Bill and Amy Poon – the chef who changed Chinese food in Britain, and the daughter who refused to let it end there - (Amy Poon)

In the early 1970s, a young Chinese chef was driving Playboy Bunnies home from Mayfair after his night shift – supplementing his wages as a pastry cook at the Playboy Club – while quietly, in whatever hours remained, producing wind-dried meats from an old family recipe.

That chef was Bill Poon. Within a decade, Frank Sinatra was ordering his food to his room at the Savoy.