Your local host
Meet Cici
A warm Shanghai welcome, shared around the kitchen table.
Her story
Food has always been Cici’s way of bringing people together.
Cici grew up in Shandong, northern China, where making dumplings and steamed buns was simply part of everyday family life.
Years later in Shanghai, that ordinary skill unexpectedly became her way of meeting people from around the world.
When she first began teaching international guests, her English was limited. So she taught herself from scratch — and over the years, she learned not only how to explain a recipe, but how to explain the parts of Chinese food culture that locals often take for granted.
Today, Cici teaches with warmth, humor and plenty of hands-on guidance, helping guests feel relaxed, curious and involved from the very first dumpling.
Come cook with Cici