Image Alt

About Us

Brand Story

Ming Artisan, a contemporary light luxury brand by Imperial Patisserie, infusing quality living into pastries. Ming Artisan brings together Imperial Patisserie’s Michelin-starred Master Chef Team, including Master Chef Yip Wing Wah, the founder of The Peninsula Hotel’s custard mooncakes, and Master Chef Lai Wing Koon, a Michelin 2-starred chef and the only inheritor of Chef Yip Wing Wah. We offer high-quality products such as palmiers, snowy cookies, and natural candies. We focus on a comprehensive gourmet experience and use bright colors combined with a fresh and minimalist design for packaging, aiming to provide customers with an elegant lifestyle attitude while enjoying high-quality pastries.

Ming Artisan aspires to be a global ambassador for Hong Kong’s rich pastry heritage. With an expanding international presence including boutiques in Shanghai, Macao, and Singapore, we aim to introduce discerning consumers worldwide to our meticulously crafted delicacies. Each product, made with carefully selected natural ingredients, serves as a testament to Hong Kong’s culinary excellence on the global stage.

Awards

The confectionary of Ming Artisan are manufactured by Imperial Enterprises Holdings Limited. Our pastries are 100% made in Hong Kong. Our Factory has obtained the ISO 22000:2018, HACCP and GMP certifications. Also, we have obtained the Halal certification, which verifies that our products meet the Halal standard and do not contain pork, lard, or any of their processed ingredients. We have undergone strict approval and supervision by relevant certification agencies to ensure that our food ingredients, production processes, packaging, and storage meet the required specifications, food quality and hygiene standards.

In 2019, Imperial Patisserie’s Lava Mooncake was awarded the Grand Gold in Monde Selection. This was a historic achievement as it was the first time a mooncake had ever won this honor and we are also honored to receive this recognition for a fifth consecutive year. We have achieved the highest level of “Grand Gold Award” in 2023 & 2024 Monde Selection for both mooncakes and pastry series, including lava mooncakes, traditional mooncakes, eggroll, palmiers and crispy cookies. This is the first time in the 62-year history record of the Monde Selection that one single Hong Kong pastry brand can have this recognition.

Imperial Patisserie has committed to using only the freshest ingredients to providing high-quality products. We have received 3 stars at the 2022 A.A.Taste Awards, which commend those who use less or even exclude artificial food additives and dedicate to providing products and dishes with great flavour.
Our retail shops are accredited by the QTS Scheme and provide excellent services and a great shopping experience to customers.

Master Chef

MASTER CHEF – YIP WING WAH
–THE FOUNDER OF EGG CUSTARD MOONCAKE

We have collaborated with Master Chef Yip Wing Wah who has been in the business for over 50 years. He served as the head chef of The Peninsula Hong Kong’s restaurant Spring Moon Dim Sum Department for over 30 years, and with over 50 years of experience in the culinary field. He is the founder of Egg Custard Mooncake, as known as “the father of the Egg Custard Mooncake”, aiming to innovate our pastry collection with prevision and delicacy.

MASTER CHEF – LAI WING KOON
–MICHELIN TWO-STAR CAKE AND PASTRY’S MASTER

Master Lai served as the head chef of the Shanghai Peninsula Hotel Dim Sum Department for more than 10 years. He served as the head chef at star-rated hotels around the world. During his tenure in The Peninsula Bangkok, he created the popular Durian Mooncakes, which brought up a mooncake fever in Bangkok. He continues to pursue creative refinement of pastries.