New Zealand actress and barista
Celeste Wong |
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| Born | New Zealand |
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| Other names | Girl in the Café |
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, barista, blogger |
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Celeste Wong is a Chinese-New Zealand actress, barista and coffee blogger, under the nickname Girl in the Café.[1][2]
Acting
Wong played a dancer in a 2004 episode of the Australian series Stringers.[3]
Wong played Melanie in the 2011 New Zealand film My Wedding and Other Secrets,[4][5][6] and a psychiatrist in Stonehouse in 2023.[7]
Coffee
Wong has worked in coffee shops in Dunedin, Melbourne and London.[1][8]
She began blogging about coffee as "Girl in the Café".[9][10]
As a coffee expert, she has contributed to Director and Olive magazines, The Art Newspaper and BBC One's Saturday Kitchen.[11][12][13][14][15]
References
- ^ a b Wallaya, Nora (March 23, 2022). "From my city to yours: Celeste Wong on cafe culture and London's top coffee shops". National Geographic.
- ^ Butter, Susannah (April 20, 2016). "How Celeste Wong went from coffee lover to Instagram star". Evening Standard.
- ^ "Australian Television: Stingers: series 8". AustralianTelevision.net.
- ^ "Celeste Wong Interview: My Wedding and Other Secrets". 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Melanie Chu". My Wedding and Other Secrets. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24.
- ^ Koehler, Robert (18 August 2011). ""My Wedding and Other Secrets"". Daily Variety. Vol. 312, no. 29. p. 6. ISSN 0011-5509. EBSCOhost 64897419.
- ^ "Stonehouse Season 1 Episode 2 Recap". Reel Mockery. January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Meet Your Co-Host: Celeste Wong AKA The Girl In The Cafe". Global Coffee Festival. September 14, 2020.
- ^ Butter, Susannah (14 September 2016). "London's full of beans". Evening Standard. p. 34. EBSCOhost 118064876. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sigee, Rachael (6 July 2016). "The power of coffee meditation". Evening Standard. p. 32. EBSCOhost 116621348. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wong, Celeste (2018). "5 great road-trip refreshers". Director. Vol. 71, no. 6. p. 51. EBSCOhost 131399830. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Celeste Wong". OliveMagazine.com.
- ^ Wong, Celeste (January 31, 2020). "Don't be angry that Tate's 'Head of Coffee' gets £39,500—be mad that salaries in both hospitality and the arts aren't higher". The Art Newspaper.
- ^ "Celeste Wong". The London Coffee Festival. p. 6.
- ^ @women_food_wifi (October 21, 2023). "Learning lots from #CelesteWong on #SaturdayKitchen about the different flavour notes in coffee - chocolatey🍫, fruity🍓 & floral☕🌹☕ @knackeredmutha saying it's like tasting wine @SaturdayKitchen getting us nicely prepared for #UKCoffeeWeek" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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