Macanese cuisine

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

Antonieta Manhão

Antonieta F. Manhão (known as Chef Neta) is a Macau-born Macanese chef, cooking instructor and cookbook author dedicated to preserving and promoting Macanese cuisine. She teaches Macanese cuisine at the University of Tourism of Macau, runs her own cooking studio, and is a member of the Confraria da Gastronomia Macaense. Her cookbook, 《土生家嚐》 (Portuguese Receita di Casa, English Homemade Macanese Cuisine), published in 2025 by the International Institute of Macao, collects nineteen traditional Macanese home recipes in Chinese, Portuguese and English, and won two prizes — Best Trilingual Cookbook and Best Portuguese Cookbook — at the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) in 2025.