Chef Sunny Zie in the kitchen of his current workplace. The 39-year-old spent seven days cooking for anti-government protesters during the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Sunny Zie
Hong Kong protests: chef at PolyU siege recalls trauma of cooking for more than 1,000 protesters before being taken to hospital
- Chef Sunny Zie had about 50 volunteers helping him at first, but numbers dwindled rapidly as the police siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University went on
- Initially vowing to stay and cook until the last protester left, emotional problems stemming from sleep deprivation saw him eventually leave in an ambulance
Chef Sunny Zie in the kitchen of his current workplace. The 39-year-old spent seven days cooking for anti-government protesters during the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Sunny Zie
