XO Soused Special - British Chinese cuisine - Wong family dynamics from 2008-present

From being the little princeling in the kitchen during his culinary training to asserting his creative and commercial voice - Andrew’s authority has not always been clearly exercised, reflecting the complexities with succession in family businesses.

Considering all these complex succession hangovers, why was Andrew so adamant that his own new venture - A. Wong - should be launched on the site of his dad’s previous restaurant? Why not a clean break and a new site?

What has remained of his father’s empire - the other businesses, the team, the network - and how has the family adapted to the new business? Or are there continuities in how decisions are made and dreams realised through all three generations of Andrew’s family?

Relaunching Andrew’s restaurant, A. Wong on the site of Kym’s. Tonnes of change and continuity as Andrew and Nathalie take on creative and commercial control with the blessing of Andrew’s - sometimes sceptical - mum

Thanks for listening to our special miniseries. Normal service resumes with the next episode of XO Soused on Tuesday 2 May.

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Intro and outro music: 遊子 [wanderer] by mafmadmaf.com

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