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Ken Hom Collection
Catalogue reference: KH
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This record is about the Ken Hom Collection dating from 20th century-early 21st century.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KH
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ken Hom Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 20th century-early 21st century
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection consists of the personal library and papers of Ken Hom. The papers include menus, posters, photographs and framed pictures documenting his career as a chef, author and television show presenter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Catalogued by Eleanor Possart, 2010, 2012.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ken Hom
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Approx. 100 linear metres of books and 6.5 linear metres of archive material.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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All users external to the University are required to register before using the collections. Collections must be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room and users must abide by the Reading Room regulations.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The collection was transferred to the library from Ken Hom's home in France.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The published material can be search via Oxford Brookes' library catalogue https://oxfordbrookes.on.worldcat.org/discovery. The archive material can be searched via Oxford Brookes' archive catalogue: http://www.calmview.co.uk/OxfordBrookes/CalmView/.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Ken Hom was born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1949, and raised in Chicago, Illinois. While studying History of Art at the University of California, he gave cookery lessons to supplement his income, and went on to become a cookery instructor at the California Culinary Academy, San Francisco. In 1982, Ken Hom began his television career by fronting his own Chinese cookery programme for the BBC. The 1980s also saw the beginning of a long career as an author of asian cookery books. Since then, he has also worked as a consultant chef, and has created his own food range.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/69c208a8-081b-4a60-8230-54a3c27bdfdf/
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Ken Hom Collection