Sharon Chen

Hong Kong

As the creator of StreetSmartKitchen.com, Sharon Chen is deeply versed in content creation and content marketing, specifically in the food industry. Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Sharon is heavily influenced by her mother’s home cooking. Even though she was not allowed to step into the kitchen when her mother was cooking, she grew up watching it. It was not until Sharon moved away from her hometown to the States with her husband that she realized how important cooking and eating at home are in order to have a vibrant and healthy family life. Three months after moving to the States in 2013, Sharon started her food blog, StreetSmartKitchen.com, to document her recipes and learnings. It started off with simple Chinese recipes passed on by her mother. Then her cooking gradually extended to different cuisines, such as American, Mexican, Italian, French, Thai, Vietnamese, etc. Sharon and her husband are globetrotters, having lived in Shanghai, China, San Francisco, CA, Jacksonville FL, and Austin, TX. They are currently based in Hong Kong with their newborn baby boy. Sharon started cooking sous vide when she moved to Hong Kong in 2018 due to her tiny kitchen without an oven. When she discovered that Anova is the only company that makes sous vide machines to suit the electric sockets and voltage in Hong Kong, she considered it a lifesaver. She has been using her Anova Precision Cooker almost on a daily basis ever since. You can find her sous vide recipes here: https://www.streetsmartkitchen.com/category/sous-vide/