Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 Icon award goes to Danny Yip, founder of one-Michelin-star The Chairman in Hong Kong

Danny Yip of The Chairman in Central has been recognised by Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for his contributions to showcasing authentic Cantonese cuisine

Yip, whose career spans more than three decades, gave kudos to his tight-knit team at the restaurant and says the award ‘serves as a motivator’

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Danny Yip of The Chairman, a one-Michelin-star restaurant in Central in Hong Kong, has received the 2024 Icon award from Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Published: 5:45pm, 20 Feb 2024

Danny Yip, a Hong Kong restaurateur and the founder of one-Michelin-star The Chairman in Central, Hong Kong, has been recognised with the Icon award from Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants.

The accolade is designed to highlight individuals who are considered to have “made significant contributions to gastronomy worthy of global recognition and who use their platform to drive positive change”. It is one of the slew of awards that are traditionally announced ahead of the annual Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking.

Earlier in February, the organisation announced Pichaya “Pam” Soontornyanakij, of Bangkok’s Michelin-star Potong, as the recipient of the Best Female Chef award.

This year, the awards ceremony will be held in Seoul, South Korea, on March 26, when the organisation’s ranking of its 50 best restaurants in Asia will be announced in the presence of chefs, restaurateurs and other industry professionals.

Camphor-wood smoked goose by The Chairman. Photo: The Chairman

In receiving the award, voted on by an anonymous panel of 300 restaurant industry leaders, Yip joins the likes of Shinobu Namae of Tokyo’s L’Effervescence, South Korean monk Jeong Kwan, Bangkok street food chef Supinya “Jay Fai” Junsuta, and Japanese chefs Seiji Yamamoto and Yoshihiro Murata, who have been given the Icon award since 2019.