Consignment received 2023

Component identifier:

Class 1

Content Summary:

Consignment comprises the personal papers of Elizabeth Chong including correspondence, biographical information, articles and interviews; teaching material for cooking classes; research, speeches, menus and photographs relating to various cooking demonstrations, Chong's Gastronomic Tours in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, Chinatown walks in Melbourne, and the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival; copies of speeches, menus, and certificates for events relating to her Australia Day Ambassador role, conferences attended, and Women in Business Lunch; awards including the 40 Year Celebratory Dinner, and the Legends of Melbourne Food and Wine dinner; papers relating to The Golden Legend Dinner held at the Sofitel in 2011 to honour Elizabeth Chong's 80th birthday and her 50 years in the food industry; records covering over 30 years involvement with the Elizabeth Chong Gourmet Club, the quarterly dinner, copies of speeches, and menus; a first draft of unpublished biography; notes relating to the Lonely Planet publication Hong Kong : world of food, and manuscript and published versions of The Heritage of Chinese Cooking; correspondence, fan mail, colour photographs, and scrapbooks containing press cuttings, articles, in particular Chong's visit to France for the Prix La Mazille Award; an annotated script of a play produced by Contemporary Asian Australian Performance featuring food related cultural narratives of Asian-Australians by storytellers including Chong; audiovisual tapes of episodes from Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton; episodes on DVD from Elizabeth Chong's Tiny Delights; and audiovisual tapes of other television appearances including the Elizabeth Chong 40th Anniversary Presentation, The Cook and the Chef, Jaguar Awards for Excellence, and What's Cooking?.

Subjects:

Society and culture
Indigenous and linguistically diverse communities

Names:

Elizabeth Chong

Contents

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