About Ken Hom
Ken Hom is one of the most influential figures in bringing Chinese cooking to British homes, and his eponymous cookware brand has become a kitchen essential. The legendary Chinese-American chef, author, and BBC television presenter was awarded an OBE in 2009 and CBE in 2022 for his services to culinary arts, recognition of his transformative impact on how Britain cooks and eats. Ken Hom's story began in Tucson, Arizona, where he was born to parents from Kaiping, China. After his father died when he was just eight months old, he was raised by his widowed mother in Chicago. He learned to cook at age eleven while working in his uncle's Chinese restaurant. In 1982, after a two-year global search, the BBC auditioned him for a Chinese cookery series. The resulting show, Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery, became a cultural phenomenon - its companion cookbook sold 1.5 million copies and remains one of the BBC's bestselling cookbooks ever produced. The Ken Hom Wok revolutionised British kitchens when it was commercially introduced in 1986. Ken himself invented the flat-bottomed wok specifically for the UK market, solving the problem that traditional rounded woks wouldn't sit properly on British hobs. Now celebrating over 35 years, the Ken Hom Wok has sold more than 8 million units globally across 72 countries, with 5.43 million in the UK alone - meaning one in seven British kitchens owns a Ken Hom wok. UK home cooks can find Ken Hom cookware at Tesco, including the classic wok and the Excellence Carbon Steel Mini Wok. Use Grocefully to compare Ken Hom prices and find the best deals on this iconic British-kitchen essential.

