Sean St John

Sean St John has worked with food for most of his life. He started his career in restaurants, managing farmhouse kitchens, seafood beach-bars and Michelin-starred establishments throughout the U.K. In 2015 he moved to Beijing, where he is dedicated to researching, discovering and cooking Northern Chinese cuisines. Sean’s website, Tea & Oranges, highlights the relatively unknown foods of China’s northern regions—from Heilongjiang to Beijing to Inner Mongolia to Xinjiang—documenting the recipes and stories of these provinces and teaching an ancient cuisine to as many people as possible. Sean’s photography and words can be found on Instagram @teaorangeschina or at teaoranges.com.