RECIPE for success

Take one traditional childhood home, deconstruct, then add delicious curves to whip up a stunning property for chef Andrew Wong and his family

- WORDS DEBBIE JEFFERY | PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES MCDONALD

British-born chef Andrew Wong grew up in the same Pimlico end of terrace house where he lives today with his wife Nathalie and their two children, aged eleven and nine. 'This part of London has always been home,' he says. 'My parents used their life savings to buy this house in 1989, but there was very little money left over to do any work, so it was quite dated and rundown.'

As a chef, Andrew has been immersed in the world of restaurants since childhood. His father, Albert, was the first Chinese publican in the UK and later opened a Cantonese restaurant in Pimlico, now the location of Andrew's own celebrated restaurant, A.Wong — the first Chinese restaurant outside Asia to be awarded two Michelin stars.