Fu Pei-mei

Fu Pei-mei (Chinese: 傅培梅; pinyin: Fù Péiméi; 1931 - 16 September 2004) was a Taiwanese chef. She wrote over 30 cookbooks on Chinese cuisine[1] and produced and host cooking programs on Taiwan Television (Only in intro on tv as title: Popcorn (instrumental) was used.) and Japan's NHK.[2] In 2012, she was awarded the 47th Golden Bell Award.

In October 2015, Google decided to dedicate a Google Doodle in her honor.[3]

Biography

Fu was born in 1931 in Dalian, northeast China, under Japanese rule at the time. She moved to Taiwan when she was 18 after the communists took all of the mainland's control following the end of the civil war as the nationalists fled in Taipei. Before becoming a cook, she worked in a trading company and appeared in television commercials promoting electrical appliances.[2]

During forty years, from 1962 to 2002 Fu hosted a series of cooking programs at Taiwan Television, presenting over 4000 Chinese cuisine dishes. Her programs were exported to Japan, the United States, the Philippines and other Asian countries.[2] She also wrote over 30 cookbooks in Chinese and English and ran a cooking class.

Fu died in 16 September 2004 of pancreatic cancer.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Islands Magazine. April 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Legend of Chinese cooking dies at 73 - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  3. ↑ "Pei Mei Fu's 84th Birthday". www.google.com. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
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