Being Chirish

Meet Charlie Wong, a chef, businessman and Belfast original. The Wong's have been in NI since the 1950s and have established themselves as prominent entrepreneurs in Belfast city. Charlie returned to his beloved home Belfast, after 10 years living around the world, to take over the family restaurant. At only 44 years old Charlie is currently living with Stage 4 cancer, which started as a breast cancer diagnosis in 2019, a type of cancer not normally associated with men. Charlie wants to help raise awareness, especially among ethnic minority communities, by sharing his personal journey. We also chat about family, career, Western Medicine, Chinese Traditional Medicine, growing up in NI during the 'Troubles' and recent anti immigration sentiment exacerbated by Brexit. We love hearing from you! beingchirish@gmail.com [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit] https://www.facebook.com/beingchirish [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit] https://www.instagram.com/beingchirish/ [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit]

Ep.8 Season Finale! Meet Kelvin Tan, chef and spice bag lover. Born in Malaysia, brought up in Navan, Co. Meath, Kelvin is now based in Nottingham where he is a Sous Chef at Sat Baines, a two-Michelin Star restaurant. We chat about food mainly! from chicken balls, 3 in 1s to artichokes and his love for authentic Chinese home cooking which has led him to Instagram stardom during the pandemic. Trigger Warning: We also have a serious conversation about racism in which racial slurs are mentioned so if this is not something you want to listen to now please come back to us another time. Another note: There is some swearing in this episode so it might be useful to use headphones! We love hearing from you! beingchirish@gmail.com [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit] https://www.facebook.com/beingchirish [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit] https://www.instagram.com/beingchirish/ [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit]

Ep. 7. Meet Carmen Eng, a Dubliner who pays tribute to her Grand-father for making the journey from HK to Ireland to give the future generations a better quality of life. Carmen is an accountant, even though she was told one time by her teacher that she was so bad at Maths she would never be an accountant!! So anonymous teacher wherever you are? haha! We chat about family, language & identity, diversity in mental health services and her eventful study abroad in Beijing where she didn't get free drinks on St Paddy's Day because she wasn't 'IRISH' enough!! Imagine!! We love hearing from you! beingchirish@gmail.com [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit] https://www.facebook.com/beingchirish [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit] https://www.instagram.com/beingchirish/ [https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e15s9dl/metadata/edit]

Ep. 6. Meet Eve Li, an honorary Chirish Londoner (now Donegal woman!), BBC, Mum, Writer & Theatre Maker, Community Volunteer and all round awesome human. We chat about the big move from London to Donegal, her recent play 'Joss Paper & Roast Duck', a comedy about death and her important work in raising awareness of anti-immigration sentiment and racism through her voluntary work and community theatre project. We love hearing from you! beingchirish@gmail.com [//] https://www.facebook.com/beingchirish [//] https://www.instagram.com/beingchirish/ [//]

This episode we hear from you the Chirish community! We share the stories that have been sent in, talk about how the podcast journey started and how the Cheung family from Derry ended up here! We love hearing from you: [//] fb: https://m.facebook.com/beingchirish/ [//] E: beingchirish@gmail.com [//] Instagram: @beingchirish [//]