AIISF’s Immigrant Heritage Awards were created in 2010 to celebrate individuals who exemplify the important contributions made by immigrants. In the past decade, three immigrants have been honored with an Immigrant Heritage Award for their work in the food industry: Cecilia Chiang (2020), Lit Ng (2013), and Andrew Ly (2011). Their contributions to the industry have helped shaped our collective history and inspired countless others to follow in their footsteps.
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The Mandarin Menu, 1977
Learn more about AIISF’s 2020 Annual Gala honoring Cecilia Chiang and others.
Lit and Sintao Ng at their San Francisco home, 2012
Click the image to watch to Lit describe his 1939 journey to America.
Lit and Sintao Ng on Angel Island, 2011
Andrew and Cindy Ly at the 2011 Immigrant Heritage Awards
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Read Andrew’s full story on AIISF’s Immigrant Voices
Cecilia Chiang, Lit and Sintao Ng, Andrew and Cindy Ly, Sugar Bowl Bakery, and Oscilloscope Laboratories