1st November 2026 – (Hong Kong) Cathy Chui made a surprise, low-key stop at the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s Wine and Dine Festival on the Central harbourfront, turning up at a Chinese fine-dining stall in a cap and dark jacket rather than evening wear.
The former actress, long styled in local columns as a Henderson Land daughter-in-law after marrying Lee Shau-kee’s younger son Martin Lee Ka-shing in 2006, has spent most of the years since focused on family life with their two daughters and two sons and rarely courts the cameras. That made her appearance at the annual food-and-wine fair all the more remarked upon by those who spotted her.
Chinesology, the upscale Chinese kitchen, was among the exhibitors at the Central Harbourfront Event Space. Culinary director Saito Chau posted a joint photograph on social media and thanked “Mrs Lee” for coming to support the stand, confirming she had visited in person.
In the frame, Chui wears a brownish baseball cap and a dark outer layer, holding the stall’s hot-selling egg waffle in both hands beside the chef. Soft make-up and an unfussy look kept the outing grounded, matching the festival’s street-side bustle more than a red-carpet call.
The waffle itself was a limited tie-in for Henderson Land’s 50th anniversary: a 50-year dried-tangerine-peel Pu’er tea egg waffle built with half-century Meijiang chenpi alongside Dongjia peel, aiming for a peel-and-tea aftertaste rather than a plain sweet batter. Chau’s post framed the visit as welcome backing for that anniversary snack as crowds filled the waterfront site.
Wine and Dine remains one of the Tourism Board’s flagship autumn draws, packing celebrities and ordinary visitors into harbourfront stalls for tasting tickets and seasonal specials. Chinesology’s egg-waffle line has become a talking point across recent editions, and this year’s chenpi-Pu’er twist leaned harder into Chinese tea-and-peel flavours for the property group’s jubilee.
Away from the festival, Chui has edged back into public view when family projects need a face. She and Lee Ka-shing recently stood together at Central Yards, the Henderson harbourfront landmark scheme, when British fashion designer Kim Jones — formerly men’s creative director at Dior and Fendi — unveiled the global first brick-and-mortar flagship for his namesake label, chatting with the designer as the couple helped present the retail arrival.