Awkwafina turns to cooking for new Apple TV series

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 6 Nov, 11:52 · Archive

Actor and comedian Awkwafina is opening a restaurant, documented in a new Apple TV series premiering Friday.

Actor and comedian Awkwafina, born Nora Lum, is opening her own restaurant, with an eight-episode Apple TV series called 'Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook' documenting her journey. The series premieres Friday and follows her transition from someone who previously avoided cooking to developing culinary skills. She attends the Culinary Institute of America to learn techniques such as stir-fry and gains practical experience waitressing in downtown Los Angeles.

Awkwafina has described her shift towards cooking as surprising, noting that a year ago she would have rejected the idea. She compares soup to 'just a hot liquid', but has come to appreciate cooking as an accessible skill. She says: 'I have these friends that are cooking up all kinds of stuff all the time. And I always felt like I was never going to be really a member of that club. But it's so accessible. It really is a world that you can step into anytime.'

Awkwafina's culinary ambitions draw from her family background. Her family ran Lum's, an iconic Cantonese restaurant in the New York borough of Queens that operated for four decades before closing in the 1990s. Her current project involves assembling a menu, finding a location and hiring staff for her restaurant.

How it is being reported

• Awkwafina digs into her culinary roots to try something a little crazy: Open a restaurantAwkwafina has taken a surprising turn in her career by diving into the culinary world.Clickorlando · 6 Nov, 11:00
• Awkwafina digs into her culinary roots to try something a little crazy: Open a restaurantAwkwafina has taken a surprising turn in her career by diving into the culinary world.News4Jax · 6 Nov, 11:00

In this story: Awkwafina · Nora Lum · Apple TV · Culinary Institute of America · Lum's · Queens · Los Angeles · New York

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