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Tzu-i Chuang Mullinax

Rockville,MD

Summary

I was born and raised in Taiwan and came to the US for postgraduate studies in anthropology and culinary arts. Since then, I have lived and worked in three country (US, China, Indonesia) and five cities (Washington DC, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chengdu, Jakarta). My cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary and multi-lingual background gave me the competitive advantage to communicate with a wide-ranging audience. I am particularly adept at narrating and analyzing food-related topics, both in terms of their technical and cultural complexities, across the East-West divide.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Blogger

Self Employed Writer
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jakarta, Chengdu, Washington
08.2006 - 09.2022

Maintained personal blog and a prominent social media presence across platforms

Columnist

Apple Daily
Taipei, Taiwan
01.2021 - 06.2021

Bi-weekly food column

Musical Band Leader

Self-employeed
Chengdu , China
05.2018 - 02.2020

Produced and performed in a children's musical album; Monthly outdoor concerts.

Columnist

Tencent
Beijing, China
01.2019 - 06.2019

Monthly contributions for the Dajia (腾讯大家)blog.

Video Producer/Host

Self Employed
Shanghai, China
04.2011 - 06.2014

Produced and hosted 75 cooking videos with over 500,000,000 views across platforms (YouTube, YouKu, Aiqiyi...etc.)

Columnist

Elle Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
09.2010 - 06.2013

Monthly lifestyle column

Columnist

United Daily
Taipei, Taiwan
10.2008 - 05.2010

Monthly contributions to the 名人堂 column

Chef De Partie

BEO Organic
Hong Kong, China
02.2008 - 12.2008

Responsible for the preparation of salads and cold appetizers

Chef Intern

Amber
Hong Kong, China
09.2007 - 12.2007

Assisted in the Garde Manger and Entremetier stations

Teaching Assistant

University Of Washington
Seattle, WA
09.2000 - 06.2005

Grading and leading small group discussions for Linguistic Anthropology and Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Education

Ph.D. Candidate - Cultural Anthropology

University of Washington

Professional Chef's Certificate - Culinary Arts

The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
06.2007

Master of Arts - Cultural Anthropology

Columbia University in The City of New York
New York, NY
06.2000

Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature

National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei, Taiwan
06.1996

Skills

Writing, cooking, food styling and photography, public speaking

Publications

餐桌上的人間田野 (Fields of the world at my table) Forthcoming with 新經典出版社


簡單、豐盛、美好(Simple, Plentiful, Beautiful) 2015, 新經典出版社(Taiwan edition); 2016, 理想国出版社(Mainland edition)


其實大家都想做菜(Everybody wants to cook) 2012, 新經典出版社(Taiwan edition); 2013, 北京三联出版社(Mainland edition)


廚房裡的人類學家(Anthropologist in the Kitchen) 2009, 大塊出版社(Taiwan edition); 2010, 文化艺术出版社(Mainland edition)



Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Professional Working
Indonesian
Limited Working

Timeline

Columnist

Apple Daily
01.2021 - 06.2021

Columnist

Tencent
01.2019 - 06.2019

Musical Band Leader

Self-employeed
05.2018 - 02.2020

Video Producer/Host

Self Employed
04.2011 - 06.2014

Columnist

Elle Taiwan
09.2010 - 06.2013

Columnist

United Daily
10.2008 - 05.2010

Chef De Partie

BEO Organic
02.2008 - 12.2008

Chef Intern

Amber
09.2007 - 12.2007

Blogger

Self Employed Writer
08.2006 - 09.2022

Teaching Assistant

University Of Washington
09.2000 - 06.2005

Ph.D. Candidate - Cultural Anthropology

University of Washington

Professional Chef's Certificate - Culinary Arts

The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts

Master of Arts - Cultural Anthropology

Columbia University in The City of New York

Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature

National Taiwan Normal University
Tzu-i Chuang Mullinax