Celebrity chef Kylie Kwong to shut down her iconic Sydney restaurant after 24 years and announces her next career move
Kylie Kwong has revealed she is closing her iconic Sydney restaurant Lucky Kwong in June after 24 years open.
The celebrity chef, 54, shared the shocking news on Instagram and revealed what her next career move would be.
“At the end of June, I will hang up my restauranteur hat to make room for what is closest to my heart,” she began.
‘I would like to enter the next phase of my practice. Through the lens of food and interconnectedness, I want to focus my energy on helping share the stories of others.”
Kwong’s famous restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Everleigh is known for its varied menu, with many delicacies such as crispy duck and saltbush cakes.
Kylie Kwong (pictured) announced on Monday that she will close her iconic Sydney restaurant in June after 24 years of serving the local community
Kwong said she believes the love of food is a rich cultural tradition that unites people, and she wanted to work to explore this further.
‘The important voices of our multicultural communities that make Australia the rich and diverse country that it is. Food remains a simple yet universal connection,” she said.
‘I want to go deeper and look forward to discovering the rich stories of others.’
The celebrity chef, 54, shared the shocking news on Instagram in a heartfelt statement as she revealed what her next career move would be
Kwong announced the surprising news on social media on Monday morning
Kwong rose to fame in 2003 with her ABC TV series Kylie Kwong: Heart and Soul, a show that put her restaurant in the national spotlight and had customers lining up.
She also made a guest appearance on MasterChef in 2012, appearing in the show’s fourth season.
The culinary icon reappeared on the popular show in 2016 to judge a Chinese street food competition.
Kwong rose to fame in 2003 with her ABC TV series Kylie Kwong: Heart and Soul, a show that put her restaurant in the national spotlight and had customers lining up.
In June 2019, she spoke about the harrowing moment her wife Nell gave birth to their stillborn baby in an interview with The Sunday Morning Herald’s Good Weekend.
The restaurateur said she and Nell, as a same-sex couple, were “overjoyed” when Nell finally became pregnant in 2011.
But Nell’s pregnancy took a tragic turn when her waters broke earlier than expected and the midwife delivered the news that their baby, named Lucky, would be stillborn in two days.
In 2015, on Nell’s fortieth birthday, Kwong asked her to marry him, and Nell said yes.