Owner, Chef Kenneth Lo

Born 12 Sep 1913 died 11 Aug 1995.Kenneth Lo, the 'Chinese Englishman', was famous as a cookery writer, tennis player and restaurateur. Married to Ann. Died in hospital after short illness. Career - Came to Britain in1936; attending Cambridge University before working for the Chinese Consulate. Became a Davis Cup tennis player; visited the 1936 Olympic Games; organised Chinese dock workers in Liverpool into a trade union; met wartime Chinese ship wreck survivor Poon Lim; writing a successful series of Chinese cookery books which led to the opening of the 'Memories of China' restaurant in London in 1980 as well as a shop and cookery school. He also painted. He wrote his first book on Chinese cookery in 1954, which sold 10,000 copies in hardback. At the time, Mr Lo hardly cooked, but he decided to learn and produced the book in three weeks. Many recipes were translated direct from Chinese cooking manuscripts. In total, he wrote 40 books, and worked for both Egon Ronay and the Good Food Guide.