While living near Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she frequently met Chinese students that missed the food they’d grown up with. Along with her husband Thomas Chen and their two children Henry and Helen, the family left Shanghai, China in 1949 and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was the beginning of her career in the culinary arts.ĭuring the Chinese Communist Revolution, Chen and her family moved to the United States. By the time she was 18 years old, not only was she the lead in the Beijing opera White Snake, but she also organized and cooked her first professional dinner. Chen learned about Chinese cuisine simply by watching their chef and other family members cook in their home kitchen. Her father, a railroad administrator and city executive, hired a family chef that cooked all of their meals. Born into a wealthy family, she discovered her passion for cooking at a very early age. Joyce Chen was born on Septemin Beijing, China.
JOYCE CHEN SAUCES HOW TO
By developing new ways of cooking authentic and healthy meals, her cookbooks, cooking classes, and microwavable “Soup Dumplings,” made it easy for people to learn how to make Chinese cuisine worldwide. She made such a large impact on American culture, that her photo was included on a US stamp in 2014 and a “Festival of Dumplings” is held in Cambridge, Massachusetts every year to honor her birthday. As a well-recognized chef, television personality, and restaurant owner, Joyce Chen introduced Chinese food to the American public.
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