Wang Gang (Chinese: 王刚; pinyin: Wáng Gāng; born 11 June 1989) is a Chinese chef and Internet personality. He was born in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, and decided to pursue a culinary career at age 15. He has 5 million followers across Xigua Video, bilibili, Weibo, and YouTube as of 2018,[2] and has been praised for his simple, levelheaded approach to cooking.[3] He specialises in Sichuan cuisine.

Wang Gang 王刚
Wang Gang in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1989-06-11) June 11, 1989 (age 33) Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation	Chef, food blogger, Internet personality
Spouse(s)	Yao Shufen (姚树芬)
Website	Wang Gang's Weibo
YouTube information
Also known as	Wang Gang the Gourmet Writer
Channel	美食作家王刚
Years active	2018–present
Subscribers	1.97 million[1]
Total views	533 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 17 October 2022

Videos

Most of Wang Gang's videos are cookery demonstrations. As a Sichuanese, most of his recipes are authentic Sichuan cuisine. He also teaches Cantonese cuisines he learned as an apprentice in Guangdong. His videos are often straightforward, in no-nonsense and easy-to-understand manner without any special effects or background music. At the beginning of the videos, he introduces the name of the dish with materials in his hand, then moves straight on to the demonstration, where he processes the ingredients, cooks them in a wok and serves the dish. At the end of the videos, he often provides a "technical summary" for the specific dishes. In contrast to his typically serious attitude towards cooking, he is also famous for his many light-hearted catchphrases, such as "Take it to your enthusiastic butchers", "first, heat up the wok", "add in 'broad oil" (宽油, kuanyou, meaning 'an ample amount of oil'). These catchphrases have often become internet memes.

Wang started to upload vlogs on his life since August 2018. His first vlog contents include teaching his American friend Jerry Kowal how to cook Sichuanese dishes, introducing how to choose woks and kitchen knives, et cetera. In mid-2019, Wang Gang started recording and uploading cookery videos based in his uncle's house in the countryside, featuring his butcher uncle, Wang Baixiu. His uncle is often referred to as "The Beast (火云邪神)" by the fans, owing to his striking resemblance of the homonymous antagonist from movie Kung Fu Hustle — something pointed out by Uncle Roger when he reviewed a video of Wang making egg-fried rice.[4] At the end of his 'countryside' videos, Wang typically invites his uncle/aunt to taste the dishes.

Controversies

In March 2019, Wang attracted controversy for slaughtering and preparing a meal from the endangered giant salamander.[3] He later clarified that the salamander he used was farmed and thus legal to consume.[5]

In October 2020, Wang posted an egg fried rice recipe and was widely denounced by officials and forced to post an apology.[6] The timing of the video was seen as a reference to Mao Anying, the son of Mao Zedong who died in the Korean War due to, according to a common rumor, him alerting American bombers to his position because he was cooking fried rice. Wang was accused of using the video post as "malicious political innuendo" insulting to Mao’s legacy.[7]

References

External links

• Wang Gang's channel on YouTube
• Wang Gang's channel on Xigua Video
• Wang Gang's channel on bilibili

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