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.
Hui was born 1991 in Beddau,[1] a Welsh former mining village next to Pontypridd, to a father from Sai Kung and a mother from Shenzhen.[2] Her parents had left Hong Kong for Britain in 1985, working at Chinese takeaways in Bournemouth, Reading, and London[3] 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.[4] Their relatives also opened takeaways in Pontlottyn, Bargoed and Blackwood.[5]
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.[6]
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,[10] delving into Hui's experiences, positive, negative and bittersweet,[11] growing up in a Chinese takeaway in rural Wales, which her parents sold in 2018.[12] 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.[13] Georgina Leung provided the illustrations.[14] The book also incorporates Cantonese recipes.[15][16]Takeaway was shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize and a Fortnum & Mason Award in the Debut Food Book category.[17][18]
Bibliography
Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter (2022). ISBN978-1-3987-0555-5.
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