Yan Can Cook

*Yan Can Cook*
Yan Can Cook
Genre	Cooking show
Starring	Martin Yan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3,500+
Production
Executive producer	Gayle Yamada
Producer	Mark Tocher
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	1982 –; present
Related
	Martin Yan – Quick & Easy;

Last updated March 04, 2025 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Yan Can Cook is a Chinese-oriented cooking show starring Chef Martin Yan that featured recipes for stir fried foods and an assortment of various other traditional Chinese meals and cooking techniques. The series originated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (CFAC-TV), from 1978 to 1982 as a daily syndicated cooking show, Yan Can, for 250 episodes^[1] until Yan moved to San Francisco, California, United States, in 1982 starting Yan Can Cook on PBS (KQED).^[2]^[3] Yan also wrote several cookbooks which serve as companions to these various television series.^[2]

Presentation style

Chef Yan's style of presentation was infused with (and today continues to feature) humor using witticism, and international or local cultural references. During this program's original run he became known for his main catchphrase, "If Yan can cook, so can you, zai jian (goodbye in Mandarin Chinese)/zoi gin (goodbye in Cantonese)!", with which he signed off on each show. He used a second catchphrase, "Something fishy here! [sic]", used whenever he cooked seafood.^[4] One of his other trademarks was to chop food frantically making music with a sharp cleaver while grinning toward the camera and audience. This show is shot on stage.

References

↑ Maiellano, Sarah. "2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Martin Yan". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
1 2 SFGATE, Susana Guerrero (2021-04-29). "Martin Yan on 'Yan Can Cook' and the future of Bay Area cuisine". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
↑ Krishna, Priya (2021-06-15). "Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-12-16.
↑ February 26, Stephan Lee Updated; EST, 2016 at 04:44 AM. "'Top Chef' recap: The chefs have to come up with the best "fast casual" concept". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] Maiellano, Sarah. "2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Martin Yan". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved August 10, 2024.

[:0-2] 1 2 SFGATE, Susana Guerrero (2021-04-29). "Martin Yan on 'Yan Can Cook' and the future of Bay Area cuisine". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-12-16.

[3] Krishna, Priya (2021-06-15). "Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-12-16.

[4] February 26, Stephan Lee Updated; EST, 2016 at 04:44 AM. "'Top Chef' recap: The chefs have to come up with the best "fast casual" concept". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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