About Cheryl Tiu

Cheryl Tiu (張美鈴 Zhang Mei Ling) is a lifestyle journalist, content creator, culinary consultant, and entrepreneur based between the US and the Philippines.

She has been named one of Asia’s Most Influential: Tastemakers 2021 by Tatler Asia, the region’s leading luxury media company owned by Switzerland’s Edipresse Group.

She founded the events, experiences and consultancy company Cross Cultures, which promotes the exchange of cultures through food, working with chefs from Michelin-starred and World’s 50 Best restaurants, as well as private kitchens and food movements. Cross Cultures also offers consultancy services, working intentionally with brands with strong giving back components, sharing the all-encompassing goal of helping make the world a better place through food and beverage offerings.

She is the co-founder of Proclamation Gin, a small batch gin from the Philippines, made from the finest sampaguita flowers handpicked by women farmers.

She is a Tastehunter for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants and World’s 50 Best Bars, one out of only two in the United States and Asia.

She is a lifestyle journalist contributing to leading publications like Forbes, Wine Enthusiast, CNN Travel, The Infatuation, Zagat Stories, Philippine Star, Singapore Tatler, Wine Traveler, South China Morning Post, Michelin Singapore, INK Publishing’s in-flight magazines Sawasdee (Thai Airways), Smile (Cebu Pacific) and +852 (Hong Kong Airlines).

Cheryl authored the first ever Wallpaper* City Guide for Manila, published by the UK-based Phaidon Press. Previously, she was publisher and deputy editor/ editor at large of Lifestyle Asia for 12 years, and was responsible for maintaining the luxury magazine’s No. 1 position.

She has also done television work, previously hosting Fox Life Asia’s newest food television show, “Taste Travels;”  was a judge on Singapore’s largest broadcaster Mediacorp’s TV show, “Eat List Star,” and showcased the Philippines on CNN International’s CNNGo: Manila.

She won the Top Food Influencer Award at Influence Asia 2017, Asia’s largest social media awards show. She was a Asia Tatler Generation T awardee, “the definitive list of young leaders shaping Asia’s future” for three years in a row (2016, 2017, 2018).

She designed a jewelry line for Denovo Diamonds, inspired by her travels, entitled “Global Collection.”

She often works with lifestyle brands as brand ambassador and influencer, among these: Cathay Pacific, Tod’s, Zomato Gold, Mandarin Oriental Group, Nespresso, Uniqlo, Louis XIII Cognac, Tourism Board of Georgia, Tourism Board of Slovenia, Tourism Board of Singapore, Speciality and Fine Food Asia, Melissa, etc. (*To request for media kit, please email the publisher)

For consulting and events inquiries:

cherylatiu at gmail or visit www.crossculturesbycheryltiu.com 

For influencer and brand partnerships:

cherylatiu at gmail

For media inquiries:

inbetweendeadlines at gmail

For press features, click here.

Twitter: www.twitter.com/cheryltiu

Instagram: www.instagram.com/chertiu

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cheryltiu1111

*Portrait photo credits: Rita Marie (photographer) and Lindsay Co-Alog (makeup)