Modern Chinese

From a childhood in Fiji to social media superstardom, Sam Low has fast become one of the most recognisable faces in contemporary New Zealand cooking since winning MasterChef NZ.

Sam joins us to share his new cookbook Modern Chinese where he demystifies modern Chinese cooking with a collection of accessible, easy recipes that can be cooked with ingredients from the supermarket. Sam will share insights into how to build your pantry of classic Chinese ingredients, setting the foundation for cooking.

Having grown up in a diasporic Chinese household,Sam creates recipes with a unique take on nostalgic traditional classics, while adding a new narrative
to what it means to cook modern Chinese.

Sam will be in conversation with celebrated poet and playwright Nathan Joe.