Female Hong Kong chef takes top award in Asia – and breaks the glass ceiling in a man’s world

May Chow, Asia's best female chef 2017 and owner of Little Bao restaurant in Central. – SCMP

HONG KONG: Increasing numbers of young women are training to become chefs here but they still face barriers to achieving high-level success, industry insiders say.

The International Culinary Institute, part of the government-funded Vocational Training Council, has observed that the number of women enrolling in cooking courses have double in just over a decade.