# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-yan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:45:32.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-yan"
name: "Martin Yan"
slug: "martin-yan"
description: "Martin Yan Man-daat is a Hong Kong-American chef and food writer. He has hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show Yan Can Cook since 1982."
tagline: "Chinese American chef, cooking television show host, and food writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MartinYan-YanCanCook_(crop_2x3).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Chefs"
  slug: "chefs"
profileType:
  name: "Chef"
  slug: "chef"
birthDate: "1948-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.55
  momentum:             2.860600882813614
  historical:           8.391818666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 79
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ChefMartinYan"
    handle:    "ChefMartinYan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chefmartinyan/"
    handle:    "chefmartinyan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/chefmartinyan"
    handle:    "chefmartinyan"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-yan-1350b0191/"
    handle:    "martin-yan-1350b0191"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945808/"
    handle:    "nm0945808"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://yancancook.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%84%E6%96%87%E9%81%94"
    title: "甄文達"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مارتن يان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Yan"
    title: "Martin Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مارتین یان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Yan"
    title: "Martin Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マーティン・ヤン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Yan"
    title: "Martin Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99"
    title: "มาร์ติน หยาน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Yan"
    title: "Martin Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848770"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump