Hong Kong-raised chef Jeremy Pang recently launched his new TV series to show what makes Hong Kong eating great
What happens when you bring six of the UK’s biggest epicureans to Hong Kong and film it? A new hit series featuring the plethora of Hong Kong’s bountiful food scene to light up British TV screens.
In late 2024, British-born Hong Kong-raised celebrity chef Jeremy Pang invited a pack of British TV personalities and chefs to his birthplace to navigate the gastronomical complexities of Cantonese food, a cuisine partly misunderstood in the UK.
Jeremy Pang’s Hong Kong Kitchen, presented on British TV network ITV in May and June 2025, took restaurateur Nisha Katona, comedian Mel Giedroyc, and the meme-y internet personality Tom Skinner, and others, to Hong Kong for a feast of exploration.
“ I think a lot of people [in the UK] don’t realize how versatile a city Hong Kong is,” Jeremy shared to Foodie over a call at his home south of London.
A personal project of his to preach the strength of Hong Kong as a dining destination, Jeremy joined forces with Hong Kong Tourism Board to create his new TV series, a boost to local tourism after the recent years of near-complete shut-out of incoming British tourism due to the protests and COVID.
“ I think Hong Kong doesn’t get the credit it deserves, especially internationally. In the UK, from a food perspective, most people love Cantonese food, but they do not realise they are eating Cantonese food and it originates from Hong Kong.”
The series had Jeremy invite his six guests to explore local haunts, familiar tourist venues, and Western establishments on the search for what comprises Hong Kong’s soul – and its delectable food.
“ How do we show off Hong Kong in its best light and most versatile nature?” Jeremy asked himself. “We split the show into six episodes with 24 segments to show the real eclectic mix of things to do and different things to eat.” Scenes of Jeremy cooking Cantonese recipes shown in Hong Kong are interspersed throughout the episodes.
“ Every guest that we brought over to Hong Kong was completely different. We purposely molded the episodes around what we believed the guests would want to sort of experience. It gave me a different perspective on Hong Kong that I never had before.”
With TV show host Chris Bavin, the pair ventured north to Red Seasons in Tuen Mun to explore the restaurant’s outdoor walk-in clay oven, which makes the “best crispy pork you’ll ever taste in your life.”
Tom Skinner joined Jeremy at Sun Heung Yuen in Sham Shui Po for a slice of their renowned corned beef egg sandwiches. The part-foodie, part-businessman, and part-online comedian extolled the sweet wonders of Hong Kong with peanut butter french toast, custard tarts, and milk tea at Lan Fong Yuen.
“Hong Kong boasts a real mishmash of international cuisine and cultural influence from the West too,” Jeremy adds. The city’s diverging multiculturalism was a hook for Jeremy to earn the attention of British audiences, acting as a key point of reference.
The city’s award-winning and Western faces were shown prominently with restaurant critic Grace Dent sipping at The Savory Project and the three-Michelin-starred Amber. Nisha Katona met Lorenzo Antinori at world’s 2nd best bar Bar Leone and dined at one-Michelin-starred Arcane, courtesy of chef Shane Smith.
Inviting his pack of hungry British TV personalities to Hong Kong, Jeremy brings a local-tourist, outsider-looking-in perspective to the show, immersing viewers in the thick of it.
“Growing up, Hong Kong was a half second home, half holiday place to me. I had the best of both worlds of being a tourist here in a place that my mom and dad called their home in Ma On Shan.”
“What place in the world can go for a morning bike ride, enjoy roast meat for lunch, and end up on the beach 20 minutes later other than Hong Kong!”
Jeremy Pang’s Hong Kong Kitchen finished its live preview on ITV in late June, with audiences able to watch the show on live streaming platform ITVX.
After critical success in the UK, the Hong Kong chef plans to bring his hit series locally to Hong Kong, Australia screens, and other countries this year to promote a much-deserved side of the city.
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