Shirley Fong-Torres (November 16, 1946 – June 18, 2011)[1] was a chef, tour operator, and popular travel and food writer based in San Francisco, California, US.
Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Fong-Torres' father (born Fong Kwok Seung), changed his surname to Torres and posed as a Filipino in order to immigrate to the United States.
[3] Early in her career, Fong-Torres worked at Levi Strauss as an operations manager in women's merchandising and taught middle school.
[3] She developed the popular specialty tour "I Can't Believe I Ate My Way Through Chinatown."
Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours continues today, led by her daughter, Tina Dong Pavao.