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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.
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.