Career
His early career was as an accountants He says after seeing the popularity of many types of Asian food in Western countries he decided to promote Malaysia and other South East Asian countries using their food. Chef Wan is Tourism Malaysia culinary ambassador.
He is currently a brand ambassador for AirAsia.
In 2005, Anthony Bourdain introduced Chef Wan to American audiences during his trip to Malaysia in Season One, Episode five of Number Reservations. Chef Wan was widely criticized for making an inappropriate joke with regard to the missing MH370 flight when he posted a photo on his Instagram account of an object which he linked to the search efforts and referred it as "an old toilet door from Cik Kiah"s house".
He also insulted Filipino Cuisine for ranking second in Commodity Credit Corporation, he stated that Malaysian Cuisine should be ranked first and that the Philippines has "the worst cuisine".
