Alvin Leung Chef Bio Wiki Age Wife Dishes and Net Worth
Alvin Leung (Full Name: Alvin Leung King-lon) is a popular English-born Hong Kong-Canadian Chef, restaurateur, as well as a judge on MasterChef Canada. He has two Michelin stars at his restaurant named Bo Innovation and one Michelin star at Bo London. Code-named The Demon Chef, Alvin created his own cuisine titled X-Treme Chinese, which includes meals including an edible condom on a mushroom beach.
Alvin’s restaurant Bo London, in Mayfair, London closed following one year in business. His other restaurant, Bo Shanghai became opened in Shanghai, and his fourth, R&D, is in Toronto. He has been seen as a judge on MasterChef Canada since its premiere in 2014. Alvin’s restaurant in Hong Kong won two stars in the Michelin Guide’s inaugural 2009 Hong Kong and Macau edition, later upgraded to three stars in the 2014 edition, and by 2012 became positioned 52nd place in the list of the World’s Best Restaurants.
It became reported in October 2017 that Alvin would start a Spanish restaurant named Plato 86 and a Peking duck diner titled The Forbidden Duck in Hong Kong. In April 2018, Alvin opened another branch of Forbidden Duck in Singapore. He is also about to launch his cookbook titled My Hong Kong.
Alvin was born onMarch 13, 1961, in London, England. He is62 years old. Alvin celebrates his birthday on March 13, every year.
He is a man of above-average stature. Alvin stands at a height of5 ft 8 in(Approx 1.72 m).
He went with his family from London, England, United Kingdom, and was brought up in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Alvin has Hong Kong-Canadian nationality. At the moment, Alvin has not disclosed much regarding his family.
Alvin is married to his wife Abby Wong. He has a daughter whose name remains a mystery.
Besides his fascination with food, Alvin chose to pursue engineering as a career, first at the University of Toronto and later in the United Kingdom.
Alvin’s restaurant Bo London, in Mayfair, London closed following one year in business. His other restaurant, Bo Shanghai became opened in Shanghai, and his fourth, R&D, is in Toronto.
He is amongst three judges in MasterChef Canada. Alvin also is among the judges in MediaCorp Channel 5’s Wok Stars. Alvin was seen in the show The Listener Episode “Amuse Bouche” as a judge in a reality TV show, Five Star Chef.
A self-taught chef, Alvin offered himself the nickname “The Demon Chef”, and is noted for a style of cooking he names “X-Treme Chinese”. Alvin explains the Demon moniker as coming from the Greek name “Daimôn”, which means “good-spiritedness”. X-Treme Chinese is a combination of fusion cuisine and molecular gastronomy, and it shows that the food he makes is as expected.
He moved on to oversee his family’s engineering business for a period of 20 years, serving as an acoustics engineer.
He has two Michelin stars at his restaurant named Bo Innovation and one Michelin star at Bo London. Beyond 10 months of opening, Bo London had got its first Michelin star.
Together with Eric Chong the winner of MasterChef Canada Season 1, Alvin began a restaurant in Toronto named R&D. The restaurant became opened in early 2015 and is titled after the nicknames for Chong and Leung respectively, Rebel and Demon.
Alvin’s dishes at Bo Innovation include one named “Sex on a Beach” which comprises an edible condom made out of a konjac and kappa on a beach made of mushroom. The condom itself is full of a mixture of honey and ham. All of the profits from that dish go to charity AIDS Concern.
In December 2012, Alvin opened a second restaurant, Bo London, in his hometown of London, England. Beyond 10 months of opening, Bo London had got its first Michelin star. Alvin said that he wished for it to offer classic British fare such as dishes commonly offered at bed & breakfasts, but with Chinese ingredients. Alvin spent £500,000 on the site in Mill Street, Mayfair, and plus equipping the restaurant is expected to spend about £1 million on the restaurant. In March 2014, the restaurant stopped working after a ‘serious water leak’.
Alvin gets his wealth from his work as a Chef, restaurateur, as well as a judge on MasterChef Canada. Therefore, Alvin has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Alvin’s estimated net worth is$3 million.
Alvin is a 62-year-old who was born onMarch 13, 1961, in London, England. Alvin celebrates his birthday on March 13, every year.
Alvin works as a Chef, restaurateur, as well as a judge on MasterChef Canada. Alvin’s restaurant Bo London, in Mayfair, London closed following one year in business. His other restaurant, Bo Shanghai became opened in Shanghai, and his fourth, R&D, is in Toronto. He has been seen as a judge on MasterChef Canada since its premiere in 2014.
Because he is a self-taught chef noted due to a style of cooking he calls “X-Treme Chinese”.
