Born and raised in Vancouver, Emma Choo was blessed to Grow up in a family that has fostered her love for food. She grew up going on annual fishing trips on the West Coast and tasting the freshest of seafood. Her passion for Chinese cuisine has been greatly influenced by her Chinese ethnicity, upbringing in Vancouver, and her travels to Asia. Emma is a curious epicurean who loves going on food adventures to find hole-in-the-wall restaurants and tasting the best of the best. Emma started Vancouver Foodie on Instagram back in 2013 to combine her two passions: food and photography. Over the years, she has attracted over 29K followers on Instagram. She is currently finishing her last semester at UBC studying sociology and law and society. After graduation, she hopes to bring Vancouver Foodie to new heights and beyond the Instagram world, such as starting her first YouTube channel!

In the after hours of a school day at York University, Grace keeps busy with producing digital content and planning events such as the TOFoodFest. As an influencer on Instagram, Grace collaborated with companies including LG, JustEAT and more. Her passion for food and digital media led her to starting a strategy consulting company to help restaurants rebrand and receive the exposure they deserve. Grace’s double life also has creative outlets: she produces travel films and discovers hidden gems in the city. If you need a recommendation on where to grab a bite, she’s your gal! Checkout her feed @Phone.Eats.First.

My name is Hubert Leung. I’m a food blogger from Toronto with a passion for food, especially chinese food. I started my blog in 2009 (8+ years ago) and haven’t looked back. I cover food news, restaurants, events in Toronto and around the world in my travels. I’m always exploring and looking for good food and fun. I truly love eating, and eating lots (I once ate and completed the 72 ounce steak challenge in under one hour- check it out on my blog). I was born in Toronto, but my parents are from Hong Kong. For me, Hong Kong food is the perfect combination of western and Asian flavours. My goal is to connect people through the love of food. I also work full time as a Physiotherapist at my clinic in Toronto.
I continue to contribute and publish on my blog, but I also have a big presence on social media (Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter). I’m obsessed with social media, especially Instagram and Snapchat. I would love to use this opportunity to show the world how amazing Hong Kong is!

Melly was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver. She has always enjoyed eating good food, making good food and sharing good food with her loved ones. After a couple years in a corporate career, she realized her passion was for food and left her office job to go back to school to complete a baking diploma.
Her family has been an advocate of searching for delicious Chinese restaurants around vancouver for years. After giving birth to two energetic boys, she hasn’t had the opportunity to enjoy travelling.
Social media became a great way to relief stress after becoming a mom. At any chance there’s a couple hours of free time, she’d go snap foodie photos! When up in the middle of the night, she’d reply messages on Instagram. A repetition of this over two years has grown her followers from a few thousand, to now over 35 thousand to share her love for food!
Despite her love for Chinese food, due to current family dynamics, there hasn’t been an opportunity to fully explore Hong Kong’s food scene. It would be an honor if you can nominate Melly for this amazing trip to Hong Kong! She’d love to share this entire experience with every one in this once in a lifetime food journey.

A digital marketer and an IT project manager by day, and food lovers all the time, my husband, Tony, and I have always been passionate about food.
Since we started dating oh.. 20 years ago (don’t do the math!), food has always been the center of our relationship. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that our love for food brought us together.
Long story short, on our first date at a restaurant in Toronto, I was eyeing Tony’s half-eaten plate and nervously asked him, “are you going to finish that?”. I couldn’t tell if he was impressed or frightened but he’s still with me 20 years and 2 kids later!
We’re grateful for social media platforms like Instagram that allow us to share our passion for food, while showcasing our other loves, photography and writing. Social media has opened doors for us we never thought existed and allowed us to experience food we never would have otherwise. For that, we are thankful.
As much as we love experiencing and tasting different cuisines, however, Asian food is what we always come back to. Being of Vietnamese and Chinese heritage, there is nothing like food from home.
I would absolutely love the opportunity to take our audience through a culinary journey of Hong Kong…and eat Tony’s leftovers! 😉

A dabbler and flâneuse, I am a visual storyteller with a passion for all things music, film, contemporary art, and design. I work as a marketer in the diamond industry by day and enjoy being creative and getting inspired in my spare time.
Something that inspires me greatly is travel. Exploring cities and countries that are new to me is one of my most favourite things to do, and I’ve been very fortunate to visit so many beautiful places around the world.
Other sources of inspiration for me take shape in the form of colours, films (particularly Wong Kar Wai’s oeuvre and films like “Amélie”) and friends. What inspires me shapes my outlook and creative process, and I make sure to always be on the hunt for inspiration so that my creativity does not stagnate.