Jennifer Wong is a writer, comedian, and curator. 

She is the co-author of Chopsticks or Fork?: Recipes and Stories from Australia’s Regional Chinese Restaurants (Hardie Grant), and a contributor to Admissions: Voices within Mental Health (Upswell).  

Her humorous writing about food, culture, and mental health has appeared in The Guardian, Monocle, ABC News, SBS Food, and The Big Issue. 

Jennifer is the creator, curator, and host of FEAST: live storytelling events for people who love food, stories, and stories about food. 

Her comedy in English and Cantonese has been seen by millions online, and her stand-up shows have sold out around Australia, including Jennifer Wong Has No Peripheral Vision (2023) and The Sweet and Sour Hour of Power (2024).

With on-the-spot puns for every occasion and a karaoke horror story or two, Jennifer has appeared on The Cook Up (SBS), Celebrity Letters and Numbers (SBS), Thank God It’s Friday! (ABC Radio Sydney), and Chat 10 Looks 3.

As a broadcaster, Jennifer is the presenter of Chopsticks or Fork? (ABC iview) and has reported on books and arts as the presenter of Bookish (ABC iview). She is a regular guest on ABC Local Radio and Radio National.

In 2022 and 2023, she was the curator of In Other Words, the Asian Australian writers’ festival as part of OzAsia Festival; and a judge for the NSW Literary Awards.

★★★★½

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

The Age

★★★★½

“A quick-flowing hour of self-deprecating, hilariously absurd situational stand-up. There’s something deeply moving and human beneath her non-stop humour.”

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