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Queen Mary, University of London
Some notable Queen Mary graduates
Many Queen Mary graduates have gone on to establish inspiring
and distinguished careers. These are just three of the best.
Ching-He
Huang
The television chef
and entrepreneur
Ching-He Huang
graduated from Queen
Mary with a First
Class Honours degree
in Economics in 1999.
Born in Taiwan and
brought-up in South
Africa and London,
Ching-He, a selftaught
cook, was
heavily influenced by her grandmother and mother’s
traditional style of home cooking and their use of
fresh ingredients. As a student she noticed a gap in
the market for Chinese-style lunch foods so, at the
age of just 21, Ching-He set up her own company,
Fuge Ltd to produce high quality fresh and healthy
noodle salads. This was followed by the launch of
Tzu, a healthy soft drinks range.
In 2005, Ching-He was given a cookery series,
Ching’s Kitchen, on UKTV Food, now the Good Food
Channel. In 2008, she presented a six-part BBC
series Chinese Food Made Easy which showcased
her with wok in-hand cooking for the British public in
locations around the country. She has also appeared
on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, ITV’s Saturday Cooks
and ITV’s Daily Cooks, as well as making guest
appearances on Five’s Cooking the Books and
Ready Steady Cook.
In 2006 she published her first cookbook China
Modern; this was followed by Chinese Food Made
Easy and more recently Ching’s Chinese Food in
Minutes which was published in September 2009.
She has also written for food magazines such as the
BBC’s Good Food Magazine, Olive, Delicious and
Sainsbury’s Magazine. For the latest news about
Ching-He Huang, including recipes and details of
her latest book, see www.chinghehuang.com
Lord Robert
Winston
The world-renowned
fertility expert and
member of the House
of Lords, Professor
Lord Robert Winston
qualified in Medicine
in 1964. Robert
Winston was one
of the pioneers
of IVF (in-vitro
fertilisation) as
well as gynaecological microsurgery. His work on
the preimplantation of genetic diagnosis has made
a huge difference to families carrying hereditary
gene defects; their children have been born
without fatal illnesses.
Robert has also carved out a successful TV career.
He has presented several award-winning BBC
television series, including The Human Body, The
Superhuman and, most recently, A Child of our Time.
The Human Body won a record three BAFTAs, an
Emmy nomination and a Peabody Award. He is the
author of no fewer than 14 books, many of which
have won prestigious prizes. What Makes Me, Me won
the Aventis Prize in 2005; in the same year The Human
Mind was also shortlisted for the Aventis and won the
BMA (British Medical Association) first prize for the
Best Popular Medicine Book. It's Elementary also
received a shortlisting for the Aventis prize in 2008.
Robert has been a visiting professor at a number
of American, Australian and European universities.
He was Chairman of the British Fertility Society from
1984-87, Dean of the Institute of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology for eight years, and President of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science
in 2005. He is currently a member of Council and
Chairman of the Societal Issues Panel at the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Throughout the course of his career Robert has
received numerous awards and honours, including
honorary doctorates from 16 universities.
In June 2008, he was voted ‘Peer of the Year’ by
his fellow parliamentarians for his expertise and work
on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.