Multi-award winning Chef Ken Xu leads the kitchen at North – a restaurant featuring traditional cuisine from Sichuan and northeast China, awarded “Best Restaurants 2016” by Hong Kong Tatler magazine. Chef Xu has over 20 years of professional culinary experience acquired from a host of hotels in Beijing and Tianjin, China.

Born in Beijing, Chef Xu specialises in northern Chinese cuisine and has garnered multiple accolades in China. Aside from being a Senior Dietitian of the Chinese Nutrition Society, he was a guest lecturer for a food and beverage programme on CCTV; earned the gold award in the Chinese Hot Dish category at the Beijing Olympics Vocational Skills Competition in April 2008; and won gold at the first edition of the Chinese National Creative Chinese Cuisine Competition in May 2011. He also holds a certificate for his five-star chef training qualification.

Chef Xu’s prior work experience includes serving as Senior Cook at the CTS Hong Kong Grand Metro Park Hotel in Beijing; Chinese Chef at the Golden Crown Hotel in Tianjin; and Executive Chef at the Sanyuan Fragrant Hills Business Hotel in Beijing.