What role did food play in your life while growing up in Taiwan?
I grew up in a big family and all my aunts are great cooks, experts in traditional Taiwanese and Chinese cuisine. I began cooking Taiwanese and Chinese dishes at the age of 11. I remember the first dish I cooked — a very traditional Taiwan dish, scrambled eggs with leek and fermented turnip. In high school, I fell in love with pastry. I enjoyed my desserts with friends and family at afternoon tea.

Lanshu Chen began cooking Taiwanese and Chinese dishes at the age of 11. Her cooking philosophy for Le Moût is about finding the harmony between flavours and textures