23 | Gok Wan & Kwoklyn Wan

Gok (“Babe”) and Kwoklyn Wan’s grandfather came to the UK from Hong Kong in 1958, and opened the very first Chop Suey house in Leicester four years later. Their mum and dad were also restaurateurs, and the pair grew up (like twins) learning to be perfect hosts: helping in the kitchen, dancing to ABBA in the basement, and eating steak and rice at 3AM after service with their fun-loving parents. Home was a bubble which protected the siblings from the bullying and abuse endured in 1980s Britain. Later on, Gok suffered from anorexia, after trying to lose weight to fit in – a period his brother still finds hard to talk about.