Martin Yan (Chef ) was born in China on a Wednesday, December 22, 1948 🎈. Martin Yan is 75 years old. He is a Capricorn ♑ and was born in the Year of the Rat 🐀.
Both a chef and food writer who began hosting the acclaimed PBS cooking show Yan Can Cook in 1982. He received an honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts by Johnson & Wales University and has won a Daytime Emmy Award as well as two James Beard Awards for Best TV Food Journalism and Best TV Cooking Show.
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| FULL NAME: | Martin Yan |
| BIRTH DATE: | December 22, 1948 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | China |
| AGE: | 75 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | Hongkonger |
| ETHNICITY: | Asian |
| ZODIAC: | Capricorn |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rat |
About
Martin Yan is a Chef. Martin was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
He is a Chinese-born Hong Kong-American man with a wife named Susan, and sons named Colin and Devin. His mother was a restaurateur and his mother was a grocer. Find out who is Martin Yan dating right now.
He first started cooking when he was 12 years old. He worked at his uncle’s Chinese restaurant while attending Munsang College before receiving a diploma from the Overseas Institute of Cookery of Hong Kong, and later a Master of Science degree in food science from University of California, Davis.
DID YOU KNOW He has been a guest judge on the shows Iron Chef Vietnam, Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen and Iron Chef America. He has written over a dozen cookbooks.
FACT He is a celebrity chef on television like Gordon Ramsay.
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Birthday
Currently, Martin Yan is 75 years old. His next birthday is away. Martin will celebrate his 76th birthday on a Wednesday, December 22nd. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on December 22, 1948. Below is the countdown to his next birthday.
Zodiac
Martin Yan’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. People born between December 22nd and January 19th belong to the tenth sign in the zodiac, Capricorn. Capricorns are known for being one of the hardest workers of the zodiac. They are ambitious, determined, and strong. Virgo is the most compatible sign for Capricorns.
Famous Capricorn celebrities are Jeff Bezos, Jared Leto, Bradley Cooper, Kate Middleton, Liam Hemsworth, Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Seacrest, John Legend, Zayn Malik, Nina Dobrev, Ross Lynch, Elvis Presley, Stan Lee, and Martin Luther King Jr. Capricorn ruling planet is Saturn. Astrologically, Saturn represents responsibility, discipline, and determination.
Martin Yan was born in the Year of the Rat. A rat represents fertility and wealth in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rat are wise, quick-witted, intelligent, crafty, determined, resourceful, and smart. They can also sometimes be acquisitiveness, ruthlessness, and nervousness.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Martin Yan is a 75 years old Chef, born in December, in the Year of the Rat (1948), and is a Capricorn. His life path number is 11. Martin’s birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz, and his birth flower is Narcissus. You may also check out all famous birthdays in December or specifically birthdays on December 22.
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