Born of Chinese/Indonesian/Straits Chinese parentage, Terry has gone the full mass communication circle having worked as a broadcaster, copywriter, public relations man, writer, and is now firmly entrenched as one of the best-known Media and Development Chefs in London.
With a culinary bent from 40 years of cooking, eating, restaurant-running, cookbook writing and cookery teaching he offers a wealth of experience in all these fields as a consultant.

Equally at home with Chinese, Singaporean (Nonya) and Indonesian food as he is with all the other Asian cuisines; his decades of stirring the wok and globe-trotting has earned him the kudos of Mr Southeast Asian Cuisine in Europe.
Once a restaurateur, now steeped in development work for food producers, as consultant editor to Wine & Dine, Asia Pacific’s most prestigious magazine, he also finds time to teach at colleges and other instutions of gastronomy.