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'Noodle Road', the acclaimed KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
documentary series presented by celebrity chef Ken Hom, has just won
the prestigious Peabody Award 2010. These annual, international
awards for 'excellence in radio and television broadcasting' first
conceived in 1941, are one of the oldest honours in electronic media.
The five-hour documentary is an amazing journey showing how the
noodle, with its 2500 year history, was adopted by both Eastern and
Western parts of the world and adapted to suit different diets -
noodle in Asia, pasta in Europe. Over the course of two years, it was
filmed in eight different countries from the depth of inner China to
Butan, Turkey and Italy, with Ken Hom telling about the cultural
exchange between East and West through this food and introducing the
variety of noodle dishes around the world.
In 2009, 'Noodle Road' won the Korean Broadcasting Award - the first
time that a non-fiction programme received an award for its
contribution to Asian food culture, viewed through the history of
noodle dishes. It also won the celebrated ABU (Asia-Pacific
Broadcasting Union) Award, for the Best Television Documentary in the
same year.
Commenting on the award-winning documentary, Ken Hom said: 'Noodles
are so much part of my own culture. I grew up eating them every day
and also cooking them in my uncle's restaurant, yet I discovered some
fascinating facts during the making of this documentary series. This
is certainly a new style of documentary as you have never tasted
before!
A most notable chef with a captivating television presence, Ken Hom
has written 23 books on Asian cookery and was recently awarded an OBE
for 'services to culinary arts'. His name is also firmly associated
with the Wok - the curved pan and key utensil for all Chinese
cooking. www.kenhom.com
Noodle Road has been sold to 12 overseas stations and has been aired
in 40 countries. |
