Morning Coffee With… Chef Benjamin Wan

  |   08-12-2016

 

Head Chef, Coya Dubai. British with Hong Kong origins, living in Dubai.

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What’s your morning routine before work?

I wake up and immediately creep downstairs for a coffee, without waking up my wife.

How do you decide what to wear in the morning?

Very easily, the majority of my wardrobe are white shirts.

Three items you can’t live without?

My wallet, red meat and a sky full of air.

Favourite place you like to go to in Dubai?

Al Mamzar Beach Park.

What did you do last night?

I played Mah Jong.

Complete the sentence: My perfect holiday would be…

Somewhere cool (weather wise) and cultural.

What book are you reading at the moment?

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek.

Tell us a fact about you that nobody knows.

There’s a reason why nobody knows.

Your favourite designer at the moment?

Ascot Chang.

Your current style inspiration?

The school teacher.

Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?

The wife of course.

Three things you hate?

Bad manners, clowns and haters.

What’s your personal motto?

“Too late to die young.”

How do you want the world to remember you?

With fondness.