Meet the chef marrying Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines at Wynn Palace in Macau (opens in new tab)

At 34, Kevin Zhu has already clocked more kitchen miles and career pivots than many chefs twice his age. He has been a farmhouse wok master, a fledgling apprentice scrubbing floors, a restaurateur-entrepreneur in northern China and the youngest Chinese executive chef in the Shangri-La hotel group’s history. Today, he stands at the helm of Lakeview Palace at Wynn Palace in Macau, quietly orchestrating one of the most intriguing culinary conversations in the Chinese-speaking world: a seamless,...