Martin Yan, the legendary chef of the hit show Yan Can Cook, joins MOCA to discuss his inspiring and heartwarming story. After immigrating to California in his teens, Yan started teaching at U.C. Davis to earn enough money to attend college himself. After college, he left the U.S. and moved to Canada, where he became a Canadian citizen. A serendipitous cancellation by another chef on a popular Canadian TV station led the camera crew to reach out to Yan, who had fed and entertained them many times in the restaurant in which he worked. Yan's show was an immediate success, and the executives of the station soon gave Yan his own show to host. Since then, Yan has written cookbooks, given many interviews and appeared on a variety of television programs.