About - Wok Star Eleanor Hoh

Hi, I’m Eleanor Hoh, I was born in Canton, China, the youngest of three sisters and a brother. My family escaped to Hong Kong with me on my mother’s back and few possessions. We had to start life from scratch with what we had. I grew up in Hong Kong and attended boarding school in England where I began a career in the computer industry. After 12 years of training people to adopt this new technology, I embarked on an entrepreneurial journey that started in Key West, Florida.

Dinnertime was an important time of the day. My mother was Portuguese/ Malaysian and cooked delicious dishes from all over Asia. My sisters and I helped out and had a fantastic time doing it. Photo: @fujifilmgirl

My Approach to Anything…

I try to approach everything with a “beginner’s mind”, a Zen practice meaning to see things with fresh eyes (instead of as an “expert” who knows it all). From personal experience, I’ve discovered how to hit the “hot buttons” when it comes to teaching (and learning).

*My first career was in the computer industry. I was a pioneer in the field of word processing, traveling internationally to launch products and train other trainers* *as well as demonstrate at trade shows.*¹

First Stop: Career in Computers

I have an ability to reorganize complicated topics into a simple structure and make it easy for people to understand. My first experience with this was helping secretaries overcome the fear of losing their jobs to computers. My simple approach to teaching convinced the secretaries not only to adopt the technology but to embrace it.

Career in Retail and Cooking…

My next entrepreneurial adventure was opening a retail store with my sister in Key West. When she left for Santa Monica, I launched my Chinese cooking school in Key West that took the “fear out of frying” for hundreds of students. This was the traditional ‘hands on”, chop-and-chat format using recipes. But I realized people seldom ventured past the recipes I gave them, so I created a “roadmap” that encouraged people’s creativity.

Malik, Eleanor Hoh - Stir Fry Technique — Express yourself!

With “Wok Star“, I developed a crib sheet (visual roadmap) to help with the stir-fry process of cooking in the wok. It’s the difference between having a road map (my crib sheet) versus having a list of directions (recipes). My own personal trials and tribulations of learning from my mother (who never used recipes) gives me empathy for people who rely on recipes. I promise, once you start to “squirt, squeeze and shake” your ingredients, you’ll love the freedom of cooking without measuring.

Goals of Wok Star…

The most rewarding experience for me is to hear success stories from students on how they’ve taken my “Wok Star” approach to develop their own wok creations. From busy working professionals to people looking to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle, wok enthusiasts, Asian food lovers, families who cook together, moms with picky kids, single guys showing off to dates, novices to dorm teenagers, my goal is to introduce the world to the joys of cooking without recipes or measuring. Once you try it, you will be hooked!

Those are just some reasons I put together a WOK STAR KIT which includes EVERYTHING for your success!

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