December 20.2021
Jovel Chan has made a big impression in Saigon in a short time, but she is no overnight success, having worked in the food and beverage industry since she was 14. It is her passion and her life and it shines through. Jovel is a food marketer, writer and industry speaker who has a decade of working, living and eating across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She has held the head of marketing roles in more than 50 restaurants across 10 countries.
Today, she is the founder of Vietnam’s only-dedicated F&B industry blog and podcast, is regularly featured in the media and speaks at industry conferences and workshops. Her blog (www.jovelchan.com) has blown up quickly in Saigon after a flurry of engaging articles about the local scene. She shares the latest industry news and happenings, trends, opinions and interviews with key opinion leaders from places like Mondelez Kinh Do, Unilever Food Solutions and BAEMIN.
Her words have been featured in Vietcetera, Vietnam Plus, e27 and Destinations of the World News and she can often be seen speaking at industry conferences (Reimagine: Halal in Asia 2020 APAC) and universities (National Economics University and VinUniversity in Vietnam) or conducting industry workshops and webinars in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. For anyone who follows Jovel on social media you will know how candid she is about her mental health and how she deals with this. Jovel’s openness to breaking down stigmas around mental health is refreshing. She has come a long way on her journey and speaks candidly with her followers about how she went from seeing herself as “the crazy lady on the train” to an empowered mental health advocate. This episode dives further into her daily health practices, how she got into the industry and what’s next in the Saigon food and beverage scene after a grueling lockdown… Folow Jovel Chan’s interview on Seven Million Bikes HERE
