Jennifer Wong is a Chinese-Australian writer, comedian, and MC based in Sydney.

As a food enthusiast with a love of wordplay, she’s the presenter of Chopsticks or Fork?, a six-part AACTA-nominated ABC series on Chinese restaurants in regional Australia.

Filming with the Dateline crew in a hot air balloon above Melbourne’s CBD.

In 2021, she was the presenter of a two-part SBS Dateline special on China and Taiwan, The China Dream, which was a finalist in the 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards International Affairs category.

As a writer, her work on mental health, food, and cultural identity has been published by ABC Everyday, ABC News, SBS Food, SBS News, Broadsheet, and Monocle. She writes a column for The Guardian called Jennifer Wong’s Class Act.

In 2021 and 2022, Jennifer was the curator of In Other Words, the writers and big ideas festival as part of OzAsia Festival in Adelaide.

New festival show in 2023: Jennifer Wong Has No Peripheral Vision

Jennifer has performed stand-up all over Australia, and in Edinburgh and Shanghai. Her most recent stand-up show, Jennifer Wong Has No Peripheral Vision, received ★★★★½ reviews from The Age and InDaily, and sold out at Sydney Comedy Festival and Perth Comedy Festival.

As a broadcaster, Jennifer’s a regular guest on ABC Local Radio programs, and her work has aired on ABC Radio National shows such as Books and Arts. In 2016, she hosted 40 episodes of ABC iview’s Bookish, where she interviewed local and international writers about reading and writing.

She’s a regular guest on The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (SBS) and Celebrity Letters and Numbers (SBS).

On The Cook Up with Adam Liaw and Suren Jayemanne.

In 2024, Jennifer will perform her new stand-up show around Australia. Here’s where you can catch The Sweet and Sour Hour of Power:

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Chopsticks or Fork? - The Book will be published by Hardie Grant in late 2024.

Looking for a speaker, facilitator, or MC?

To book, please email Lucy Broome at Speaking Out: bookings@speakingout.com.au

 

Previous clients include Australian Embassy of Beijing; Australian Embassy of Malaysia; Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and Macau; Australia-China Youth Dialogue; University of New South Wales; Mind Australia (Victoria); TAFE NSW; David Jones; NSW Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment; City of Ryde; Willoughby City Council; Australian Institute for International Affairs (NSW); Scanlon Foundation; Sydney Salon; Sydney Writers’ Festival; Welcome Merchant, OzAsia Festival, NSW Council of Social Service.

 

“With disarming ease and a talent for misdirection,

Wong’s routine hits comedy gold time and time again.”

★★★★½

The Age

“A quick-flowing hour of self-deprecating, hilariously absurd situational stand-up.

There’s something deeply moving and human beneath her non-stop humour.”

★★★★½

InDaily

“Jennifer Wong talks; raucous laughter ensues.”

★★★★

ArtsHub

“Smart wordplay and elegant cheek.”

The Sydney Morning Herald

“Sharp storytelling, sizzling insight, considered observation. And puns. Wong is one to watch closely.”

The Daily Telegraph

“Perhaps Sydney’s most polite comedian, she’s also one of its funniest.”

The Guardian

 

“It was a pleasure to work with Jennifer, and her playful professionalism gave our team the energy and motivation we needed to design and successfully execute our vision. She also managed our VIP speakers, which included an ex-Prime Minister and senior diplomats, with respect and poise. The event was a resounding success.”

Australia-China Youth Dialogue

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