Professional ACTIVITIES
Thuy is available: as a chef-presenter for cooking demos at food shows; as a writer of articles, recipes, and restaurant reviews for food magazines; for teaching classes at cooking schools; as a judge for food industry awards; and as a chef at supper clubs and corporate dining. She is keen to discuss other ventures. Please use the contact form on this website. Some past and upcoming events are listed below.
2026
Good Food Show, NEC, Birmingham
27, 28 November
Guest speaker, Women's Institute, Little Bookham, Surrey
19 October
Judge: Great British Food Awards
10 August onwards
Festival Italia (cooking demo), Brands Hatch (motor racing circuit), Kent
9 August
School of Wok, Covent Garden, London (guest chef cooking class)
Friday 26 June, 18.00
Good Food Show, NEC, Birmingham
19, 20 June
Selfridges with Louisa's Honey
Food Hall, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
29 March, 12.00
Recipe (author): "MasterChef recipes with Louisa's Honey (by Leisan Beaumont): Ricotta pancakes with Greek yoghurt and cherry compôte", Brighton Journal
24 March 2026
Judge: Great Taste Awards (Guild of Fine Food)
24 March 2026
School of Wok, Covent Garden, London (guest chef cooking class)
Friday 6 March, 18.00 (sold out)
2025
Judge: "Vinegars, dressings and oils" (p. 143) and "Ready meals" (p. 146), Great British Food magazine (Artichoke Media). Hardcopy in supermarkets, etc. or available online.
December 2025
The Christmas Table, Good Food Show, NEC Birmingham (cooking demo), profile here
28 November 2025, 10.30 (sold out)
School of Wok, Covent Garden, London (guest chef cooking class)
14 November 2025 (sold out)
Guest chef/recipe development: "MasterChef's Thuy Hoang visits Porky Whites"
2 October 2025
Food Rebels podcast (Episode 101) (interviewed by AJ Sharp)
10 September 2025
Carfest 2025 (cooking demos), Laverstoke Park Farm, Hampshire
24 August 2025
10.45, Chef's Stage (hosted by Briony May Williams, The Great British Bake Off)
12.30, Cooks Companion (hosted by Ellen Manning, Journalist and Food Writer)
14.15, Kitchen Table with Tom Hamblet, Winner, MasterChef the Professionals (interviewed by Mark Wogan, Chef and Broadcaster, Virgin Radio, and Candice Brown, Winner, The Great British Bake Off)
Festival Italia (cooking demo), Brands Hatch (motor racing circuit), Kent
10 August 2025
14.40 Italian Kitchen presented by HexClad and Louisa's Honey (with Chris Baber, BBC1's 2016 Yes Chef)
Judge: UK Quality Food Awards
29 July 2025
Judge: Great British Food Awards, (Great British Food Magazine)
4 July 2025 onwards
School of Wok, Covent Garden, London (guest chef cooking class)
20 June 2025
Good Food Show, NEC Birmingham (at the Louisa's Honey and Hexclad stands, FB10 and FC8)
13 and 14 June 2025
Article: "Vietnamese street food, made easy", Great British Food magazine. Hardcopy in supermarkets, etc. or available online (see pp. 75–77).
5 June 2025
Vietnamese masterclass (guest chef), Department of Catering and Hospitality, College of West Anglia, King's Lynn, Norfolk
8 May 2025
"Eat and drink festival", Ideal Home Show with ITV (cooking demos)
Eat and Drink Stage, Olympia London
27 March 2025, 12.00, 13.30
Judge: Great Taste Awards (Guild of Fine Food)
20 March 2025
Restaurant review (author): "London's best Vietnamese restaurants", Time Out magazine
12 March 2025
School of Wok, Covent Garden, London (guest chef cooking classes)
7 March (sold out)
Selfridges launch of Louisa's Honey (making and handing out canapés to customers)
Food Hall, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
1 March 2025, 10.00–15.00
Recipe (author): "Meringue roulade with Louisa's lime honey", Essex Life magazine (p. 122)
February 2025
[Further 2025 events will be posted here in due course]
2024
Good Food Show, NEC Birmingham (with Louisa's Honey)
23 November 2024
ConversAsians podcast: Thuy interviewed by Amanda Oon, journalist and Editor, Channel News Asia (CNA). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
17 November 2024
Louisa's Honey with "The Plastic Italian" Jonathan Henry and MasterChef Quarter Finalist Thuy Hoang, Spirit of Christmas (House and Garden), Olympia London (cooking demo)
10 November 2024, 14.00
Article: "Judge-approved Christmas classics: The festive dishes the experts can't celebrate without" (contributing author) and additional pieces elsewhere in the publication, Great British Food magazine. Hardcopy in supermarkets, etc. or available through an online magazine subscription. Click here.
October 2024 (Issue 2)
Thai and Vietnamese Chef's Table (collaboration with Chariya Khattiyot, 2023 MasterChef Champion), Khao Soi by Chariya, Alton, Hampshire
4 October 2024 (sold out)
School of Wok, Covent Garden, London (guest chef cooking class)
27 September 2024, 18.00–21.00 (sold out)
Hampton Court Palace Food Festival (with Louisa's Honey)
24, 26 August 2024
Restaurant review: "MasterChef star Thuy Hoang names London's best Vietnamese restaurants", Time Well Spent magazine
16 August 2024
Lydiard Park/Great British Food Festival (cooking demos), Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon
11 August 2024, 12.30, 14.30
Knebworth House/Great British Food Festival (cooking demo), Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire
21 July 2024, 10.30
James Skelton supper club (supporting James in the kitchen), Clarendon Hotel, Montpelier Row, Blackheath, London
5 July 2024, 18.45
Dinton Pastures/Great British Food Festival (cooking demos), Wokingham, Berkshire
30 June 2024, 12.30, 14.30
Ashridge House/Great British Food Festival (cooking demos), Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
22 June 2024, 11.30, 13.30
23 June 2024, 11.30, 13.30
BBC Good Food Show, NEC, Birmingham (with Louisa's Honey)
14 June 2024
Article with recipe: "Fire up flavour" (Vietnamese barbecue), Great British Food magazine (double-page spread). Hardcopy available in supermarkets, etc. or through an online subscription. Click here for an excerpt.
June 2024 (Issue 1)
The Hurlingham Club (The Agenda Festival), Fulham, London (cooking demo, see "Lunchtime entertainment")
20 May 2024
Judge: Great British Food Awards, (Great British Food Magazine)
15 July 2024 onwards
Judge: Great Taste Awards (Guild of Fine Food)
16 May 2024
Judge: UK Quality Food Awards
14 May 2024 (and various dates to 15 August 2024)
Foodie Fest (cooking demos), Mountain View, Kilkenny, Ireland
5 May 2024
East Anglian Game and Country Fair (cooking demo), Euston Hall, Suffolk
28 April 2024, 14.15
Local Flavours (trade show), Norfolk Showground Arena (cooking demo with Louisa's Honey and James Skelton, BBC MasterChef 2022)
20 March 2024
International Women's Day dinner for Yhangry, London (with Forest Kwok, BBC MasterChef 2023)
6 March 2024
NEST Founders' Chinese New Year Celebration (supper club), Tottenham Court Road, London (with Forest Kwok, BBC MasterChef 2023)
13 February 2024
2023
John Lewis, High Wycombe (with Sue Mears, John Lewis Home Economist)
13 December 2023
Christmas Supper Club, Starlings Restaurant, Bristol (with Adam Ball, BBC MasterChef 2023)
9 December 2023
John Lewis, High Wycombe
29 November, 1, 2 December 2023
BBC Good Food Show, NEC Birmingham
24 November 2023
Great Missenden Food Festival
28 August 2023
Hampton Court Palace Food Festival
26 August 2023
BBC Good Food Show, NEC Birmingham (with Louisa's Honey)
16 June 2023
