{"id":2064,"date":"2022-05-07T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T17:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliachildaward.com\/?page_id=2064"},"modified":"2023-06-13T07:53:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:53:20","slug":"grace-young","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juliachildaward.com\/recipients\/grace-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Julia Child Award Recipient for 2022<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Grace Young<\/h2>\n

Award-winning cookbook author<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"<\/div>

Photo credit: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Foundation made grants in the recipient\u2019s honor to five non-profit organizations working to support Chinatowns and AAPI communities across the country:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>

Welcome to Chinatown<\/a>,
\nNew York, NY<\/p>\n

Chinatown Community Development Center<\/a>,
\nSan Francisco, CA<\/p>\n

Wa Sung Community Service Club<\/a>,
\nOakland, CA<\/p>\n

Chef Hui<\/a>,
\nHonolulu, HI<\/p>\n

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center<\/a>
\nBoston, MA<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div>

\u201cJulia\u2019s passion, wisdom and authenticity have been a guiding force throughout my culinary journey. I am truly honored to be receiving the Julia Child Award and am proud to have upheld Julia\u2019s legacy by sharing my culinary heritage with millions of home cooks,\u201d said Grace Young. \u201cWith the grant from the foundation, I look forward to continuing my work to support Chinatowns and sharing the importance of saving these rich communities that are an essential part of American life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Named the \u201cpoet laureate of the wok\u201d by food historian Betty Fussell, Grace Young has devoted her career to demystifying the ancient cooking utensil for use in contemporary kitchens. An award-winning cookbook author, culinary historian, and filmmaker, Grace has been a fierce advocate for Chinatown, never more so than in her video series Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories<\/a>, produced in collaboration with videographer Dan Ahn and Poster House museum. The series documents the toll of the pandemic on New York City\u2019s Chinese community. The videos have been shown at the Smithsonian, and the series was nominated for an IACP digital media award. In 2020 Grace partnered with the James Beard Foundation on an Instagram campaign to #savechineserestaurants. Building on that campaign, she is now working with the James Beard Foundation and Poster House museum on the #LoveAAPI<\/a> social media campaign to fight anti-Asian hate.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the \u201caccidental voice for Chinatown\u201d by Grub Street<\/a>, Grace has been fighting for the survival of Chinatowns and AAPI mom-and-pop businesses across the country and her efforts have been chronicled in the Washington Post,<\/a> Smithsonian, <\/a>Vogue<\/i><\/a>, Huffington Post<\/a>, and Food & Wine<\/a> magazine. In 2021 she partnered with Welcome to Chinatown for the Grace Young\u2019s Support Chinatown Fund <\/a>, a campaign that raised over $40,000 to support four legacy NYC Chinatown restaurants in distributing food to low-income, food-insecure, and at-risk senior residents in the neighborhood. In April 2021 Grace partnered with Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE) for the Safe With Sound<\/a> campaign, raising over $25,000 to provide 7,000 personal security alarms for the AAPI community.<\/p>\n<\/div>