Series

City of Gastronomy: Macau's Star Chefs

Macau is a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. This series gathers the chefs who carried its cooking onto the world stage: [Tam Kwok Fung](person:tam-kwok-fung), whose Chef Tam's Seasons at Wynn Palace holds two Michelin stars and a place on Asia's 50 Best; [Kelvin Au Yeung](person:kelvin-au-yeung), who leads the three-Michelin-star Cantonese institution Jade Dragon at City of Dreams; and the Macanese chef-author [Antonieta Manhão](person:antonieta-manhao), who safeguards endangered Macanese home cooking through recipes and teaching.

The City of Gastronomy's Calling Card

In 2017 Macau was named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. Yet its older rosters of notable people made room only for the founders of souvenir-food brands, never for the chefs behind the table. This series fills that gap — from star-winning Cantonese chefs to the author safeguarding Macanese home cooking.

Two Peaks of Cantonese Cuisine

Tam Kwok Fung (Chef Tam) leads Chef Tam's Seasons (譚卉) at Wynn Palace. The restaurant won one Michelin star in the guide's first Macau edition (2024), then rose to two stars, held through the 2026 edition; on Asia's 50 Best, it was Macau's only listed restaurant and "Highest Climber" in 2025, climbing to No. 7 in 2026. Tam himself has been named a Black Pearl "Chef of the Year."

Michelin Cantonese Chefs

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Chef Tam: the Cantonese master behind Macau's two-Michelin-star Chef Tam's Seasons

Tam Kwok Fung

Tam Kwok Fung (Chef Tam) is a Hong Kong-born Cantonese master chef whose career has been built largely in Macau, and the executive chef of Chef Tam's Seasons (譚卉) at Wynn Palace. He entered the trade in Hong Kong at sixteen, later led Chinese kitchens at The Peninsula and Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok, and settled in Macau from 2007. He built a two-Michelin-star reputation at Jade Dragon (City of Dreams) before moving to Wynn Palace in 2018. His eponymous restaurant, Chef Tam's Seasons, opened in 2023 around the twenty-four solar terms; it earned one Michelin star in its first year (Guide 2024), rose to two stars in 2025 and held them in the 2026 guide, and ranked No. 7 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026.

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Kelvin Au Yeung: from "tail wok" to the helm of three-Michelin-star Jade Dragon

Kelvin Au Yeung

Kelvin Au Yeung is a Hong Kong-born Cantonese master chef and the Director of Culinary at Jade Dragon (譽瓏軒), the Cantonese fine-dining restaurant at City of Dreams, Macau. He entered the trade in Hong Kong at fifteen, starting as a "tail wok," later cooking at the Michelin-starred Island Tang, and moved to Macau in 2010. He joined Jade Dragon at its 2012 opening under founding chef Tam Kwok Fung, rose through the ranks to executive chef in 2017, and was promoted to Director of Culinary in 2021. Under his leadership Jade Dragon has held three Michelin stars every year since 2019 (an eighth consecutive year in the 2026 guide) and a Black Pearl three-diamond rating — the only Cantonese restaurant in Greater China to hold both top honours.

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City of Gastronomy: Macau's Star Chefs

The City of Gastronomy's Calling Card

Two Peaks of Cantonese Cuisine

Michelin Cantonese Chefs

Chef Tam: the Cantonese master behind Macau's two-Michelin-star Chef Tam's Seasons

Kelvin Au Yeung: from "tail wok" to the helm of three-Michelin-star Jade Dragon

Safeguarding Macanese Cuisine

Macau on a Single Table

Guardian of Macanese Cuisine

Antonieta Manhão: the Macanese chef who put a heritage cuisine into print