Our BAO Story
2012
Before it began
BAO started as a artwork, by co founder & Creative Director Erchen Chang. Rules to be a lonely man, a performative installation became the seed to to what BAO and what you see as the BAO logo today - a lonely man enjoying a perfect moment over his Bao
2013
Starting with just a coolbox, a steamer in a car park in East London
Fresh out of university, family trio, Shing, his partner Erchen Chang and sister Wai Ting, started as streetfood where they built everything from scratch, sewed the aprons, constructed the stall. Eventually opening a mini shack in a car park in East London
2015
From street food to bricks & motors
Opened the first BAO restaurant in Soho, a small intimate 30 seater, on Lexington Street, to massive acclaim, gathering a cult following.
Today
Now seven restaurants
Seven restaurants located all around London employing over 200 staff with four of the restaurants featuring private karaokes rooms.