Editing Martin Yan (section)

==Career==
Yan began teaching Chinese cooking for a college extension program. While in [[Calgary]] helping a friend open a restaurant he appeared on a talk show on CFAC-TV, (now [[CICT-DT]]), to do a cooking segment resulting in his being asked back repeatedly. This led to 250 daily editions of his  original series ''Yan Can'' being produced  and syndicated from CFAC for four years until moving to [[KQED (TV)|KQED]] in [[San Francisco]] in 1982 becoming ''Yan Can Cook''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krishna |first1=Priya |title=Four Decades on, Martin Yan Faces a New Audience and a New World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/dining/martin-yan.html |access-date=August 10, 2024 |work=New York Times |date=June 15, 2021 |ref=Krishna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Maiellano |first=Sarah |title=2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Martin Yan |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2022-lifetime-achievement-award-winner-martin-yan |website=James Beard Foundation |access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref>

He has hosted over 3,500 episodes of the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] cooking show ''Yan Can Cook'' since 1982. His shows have been broadcast in over 50 countries.<ref name="TV Shows">{{cite web|url=http://www.yancancook.com/tvshows.htm |publisher=YanCanCook.com |title=TV Shows |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511234556/http://yancancook.com/tvshows.htm |archive-date=11 May 2008 }}</ref> He currently hosts ''Martin Yan – Quick & Easy''. He also hosts ''Martin Yan's Chinatowns'', where he tours [[Chinatown]]s around the globe as well as "Martin Yan's Hidden China."

Yan has opened a chain of Yan Can Restaurants and founded the Yan Can International Cooking School in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="YCR">{{cite web |url=http://www.yancanrestaurants.com |publisher=YanCanRestaurants.com |title= Yan Can restaurants}}</ref> He has written over two dozen cookbooks.<ref name="TV Shows"/> The [[American Culinary Federation]] has designated him a Master Chef.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/food/chefs/martin-yan/|title=Martin Yan|website=PBS Food|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref>

Yan is one of the lead actors of the [[Cinema of Singapore|Singapore]]/[[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film]] ''[[Rice Rhapsody]]'' ([[Hainanese chicken rice|海南雞飯]], 2005).

In 2007, he supported and endorsed the establishment of the [http://www.wamc1950.com World Association of Master Chefs].

He has appeared as a guest judge on several episodes of ''[[Iron Chef America]]'' and appeared on the cartoon talk show ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. He also appeared as a guest judge on the Season 10 finale of ''[[Top Chef]]'' as well as a Season 11 episode of ''[[Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 11)|Hell's Kitchen]]''.

He is not related to Chinese Canadian chef [[Stephen Yan]] of the [[CBC Television]] series ''[[Wok with Yan]]'', though Martin was an employee and had worked for Stephen Yan in the 1980s as demonstrator for Stephen's products.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

In 2023, Yan said that he planned on reopening his M.Y. China restaurant<ref>{{Cite web |title=M.Y. China {{!}} Restaurants {{!}} Cass Calder Smith |url=https://www.casscaldersmith.com/restaurants/my-china |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=www.casscaldersmith.com}}</ref> in San Francisco. He said that he had considering reopening the restaurant in the former home of Cathay House restaurant (which was closed in 2018).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guerrero |first=Susana |title=Celebrity chef Martin Yan plans to revive M.Y. China in SF |url=https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-martin-yan-my-china-restaurant-chinatown-18301993.php |access-date=February 20, 2024 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref>