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Third generation revolution of Hong Kong’s Golden Goose Melanie Cox meets Yvonne Kam, the granddaughter to the patriarch of Yung Kee who is leading the charge to make change as the first woman of three generations. If the stars were to align, now would be the time. 2020 has seen a shift in a rise in women taking on influential roles in senior management, leadership and also traditional male-dominated workscapes. Yvonne Kam is one of these trailblazers, working diligently to break barriers on traditional conventions having taken the helm as the third generation founder of Yung Kee, as an Asian woman and the first female to take over the family business that is by tradition and trade, a male-dominated industry.
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Needing no introduction, the Kam name is a household one synonymous to many Hongkongers for one reason: charcoal-grilled roast goose from the award-winning, worldfamous restaurant Yung Kee. The restaurant has been the gold standard of Cantonese cuisine since its humble beginnings as a street booth vendor, to dai pai dong, to eventually owning the building where it currently resides. “Growing up there was no pressure to join the family business,� shares Yvonne. Although
