Jimmy's Smoking Wok

Get your wok on and your oil hot with Jimmy Lee’s wicked-fast, super simple recipes for Cantonese, Sichuan, and British-Chinese classics. With takeaway menu favourites like Lemon Chicken and Chow Mein to traditional dishes like Sang Choi Bao, Jimmy’s Smoking Wok invites readers into the aromatic, fast-paced heart of his restaurant kitchens. From the early years in his dad’s takeaway to being voted Chef Personality of the Year, TikTok sensation Chef Jimmy Lee is proving an unstoppable force in the modern culinary scene. Put your own stir fry skills to the test with his smoking hot debut of rapid-fire takeaway recipes!

Winner of the Chef Personality of the Year award in 2018, Chef Jimmy Lee is quickly becoming a household name. The Glasgow native, best known to some for his viral 60-second cooking videos, has come a long way from working in his dad’s takeaway at the age of 16 and is now the chef-proprietor of a number of successful Chinese restaurants. Marrying the British-Chinese classics he learnt in his teenhood with the innovation of his cheffing career, his cookbook Jimmy’s Smoking Wok marks his long-awaited arrival to food writing.