Angela Hui
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| image = Angela hui 2023 4.jpg
| caption = Hui at the British Library in 2023
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| birth_date = 1991
| birth_place = Beddau, Wales
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
- University of Glamorgan {{small|(BA)}}
- Cardiff University {{small|(MA)}}
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| occupation =
| years_active = 2015–present
| website = {{URL|https://www.angelahui.co.uk/}}
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Angela Hui (born 1991) is a Welsh journalist and author. Her memoir Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter (2022) was shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize.
Early life
Hui was born 1991 in Beddau,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xza4k/hong-kong-will-always-have-my-heart|title=Hong Kong Will Always Have My Heart|work=Vice|first=Angela|last=Hui|date=17 April 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230005/https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xza4k/hong-kong-will-always-have-my-heart|archivedate=27 January 2021|url-status=dead}} a Welsh former mining village next to Pontypridd, to a father from Sai Kung and a mother from Shenzhen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.celestialpeach.com/blog/chinesefoodiesofig-angelahui|title=#ChineseFoodiesofIG: Angela Hui|work=Celestial Peach|date=27 August 2020|accessdate=5 October 2024}} Her parents had left Hong Kong for Britain in 1985, working at Chinese takeaways in Bournemouth, Reading, and London{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourwelshhistory.cymru/ps2/FongSui|title=The Chinese in Wales – The tale of two families|website=Our Welsh Heritage|accessdate=2 October 2024}} before settling in Beddau, where they opened their own takeaway called Lucky Star in 1988. It operated out of a converted terrace house on Commercial Street, and Hui lived above the shop with her two older brothers and helped out from the age of 8.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62344938|title=In pictures: My life growing up in a Chinese takeaway|website=BBC News|first=Jared|last=Evitts|date=30 July 2022|accessdate=2 October 2024}} Their relatives also opened takeaways in Pontlottyn, Bargoed and Blackwood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/i-grew-up-chinese-takeaway-24681089|title='I grew up in a Chinese takeaway. Racism was part and parcel of life'|work=Wales Online|first=Jonathon|last=Hill|date=6 August 2022|accessdate=2 October 2024}}
Hui graduated from the University of Glamorgan in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism. She won a scholarship to pursue a Master of Arts (MA) in Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. During her time at Cardiff, she was part of the magazine Feast.{{Cite web|url=https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2012/12/11/feast-magazine-launches/|title=Feast Magazine launches|work=Alt.Cardiff|date=11 December 2012|accessdate=2 October 2024}}
Career
In 2020, Hui joined HuffPost UK as a lifestyle reporter, writing about food, travel, and other topics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.responsesource.com/bulletin/news/freelance-journalist-angela-hui-joins-the-huffpost-on-their-life-desk/|title=Freelance journalist Angela Hui joins the HuffPost on their life desk|website=Response Source|first=Andrew|last=Strutt|date=15 April 2020|accessdate=2 October 2024}} In 2021, Hui became a food and drink editor at Time Out London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diarydirectory.com/newsarticle/time-out-london-appoints-food-and-drink-writer/38395|title=Time Out London appoints food and drink writer|work=Diary Directory|date=3 August 2021|accessdate=2 October 2024}} She also contributed to the likes of Eater London, Vice, The Independent, and gal-dem.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arvon.org/writing-courses/courses-retreats/how-i-write-angela-hui/|title=How I Write: Angela Hui – Q&A and Reading|website=Arvon|accessdate=5 October 2024}}
In 2022, Trapeze (an Orion Publishing Group imprint) acquired the rights to publish Hui's debut book and memoir Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/trapeze-orders-huis-debut-memoir-takeaway|title=Trapeze orders Hui's debut memoir Takeaway|work=The Bookseller|first=Katie|last=Fraser|date=9 February 2022|accessdate=2 October 2024}} delving into Hui's experiences, positive, negative and bittersweet,{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/takeaway-angela-hui-book-review/|title=BEHIND THE COUNTER: Angela Hui's sweet & sour tales from a Rhondda Chinese takeaway|work=Buzz|first=Megan|last=Thomas|date=27 July 2022|accessdate=5 October 2024}} growing up in a Chinese takeaway in rural Wales, which her parents sold in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huckmag.com/article/growing-up-behind-the-counter-of-a-chinese-takeaway-in-wales|title=Growing up behind the counter of a Chinese takeaway in Wales|work=Huck|first=Ian|last=Wang|date=2 August 2022|accessdate=5 October 2024}} Hui had written the memoir during the COVID-19 lockdown, and said the rise in anti-East Asian racism at the time was a motivating factor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/60213/angela-hui-the-rise-in-anti-asian-hate-crimes-spurred-me-on|title=Angela Hui: The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes spurred me on|work=Prospect|first=Katie|last=Goh|date=3 November 2022|accessdate=2 October 2024}}{{subscription required}} Georgina Leung provided the illustrations.{{Cite web|url=https://theface.com/culture/angela-hui-interview-debut-book-takeaway-stories-from-a-childhood-behind-the-counter-chinese-culture-food-cuisine|title=My Media Diet: Angela Hui on her debut novel, Takeaway|work=The Face|first=Jade|last=Wickes|date=28 July 2022|accessdate=2 October 2024}} The book also incorporates Cantonese recipes.{{Cite web|url=https://nation.cymru/culture/journalists-eye-opening-book-about-growing-up-in-a-chinese-takeaway-in-wales/|title=Journalist's 'eye-opening' book about growing up in a Chinese takeaway in Wales|website=Nation Cymru|date=20 February 2022|accessdate=2 October 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/blog/angela-hui-on-britains-relationship-with-chinese-food|title=Angela Hui on Britain's Relationship with Chinese Food|website=Waterstones|first=Mark|last=Skinner|date=15 July 2022|accessdate=5 October 2024}} Takeaway was shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize and a Fortnum & Mason Award in the Debut Food Book category.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fortnum--mason-reveals-shortlist-for-food-and-drink-awards-2023|title=Fortnum & Mason reveals shortlist for Food and Drink Awards 2023|work=The Bookseller|first=Alice|last=Kemp-Habib|date=11 April 2023|accessdate=2 October 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/alabanza-hui-and-joseph-shortlisted-for-the-jhalak-prize|title=Alabanza, Hui and Joseph shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize|work=The Bookseller|first=Melinda|last=Spanoudi|date=18 April 2023|accessdate=1 June 2023}}
Bibliography
- Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter (2022)
References
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Category:21st-century Welsh memoirists
Category:Alumni of Cardiff University
Category:Alumni of the University of Glamorgan
Category:British Asian writers
Category:British people of Hong Kong descent
Category:British women food writers
Category:British women memoirists