VEA

At a glance

Opened in 2015 with Tastings Group on The Wellington’s 30th floor, VEA organises Chinese–French fine dining around an open kitchen counter.[1]

Cooking & identity

French techniques express Hong Kong food memories and Chinese ingredients including fish maw, abalone and sea cucumber.[2]

Why this profile is included

The Caprice kitchen exchange and Vicky Cheng’s overseas guest projects connect the Chinese–French restaurant with concrete partners and locations.[3] [4] [5]

Connected restaurant / chef: Vicky Cheng

Recent developments

1. 2025-07-25

   Announced programme: A Canada guest dinner reunites Vicky Cheng with his earlier mentor Jason Bangerter, organised with Visa Infinite and HKTB.[4]

Collaborations & guest appearances

3 collaboration projects · 2 within the two-year research window

Projects are deduplicated: multiple nights, venues or reports do not automatically become separate collaborations. Food-and-drink events and shared festival appearances are labelled by format.

1. Four handsScheduled date passed · announcement

   Vicky Cheng / WING and VEA × Jason Bangerter / Langdon Hall

   • 2025-07-25
     Langdon Hall · Cambridge, Ontario
     Scheduled date passed · announcement

   Participants / partners
   Vicky Cheng / WING and VEA · Jason Bangerter / Langdon Hall

   A Canada guest dinner reunites Vicky Cheng with his earlier mentor Jason Bangerter, organised with Visa Infinite and HKTB.[4]

2. Pop-upScheduled date passed · announcement

   Vicky Cheng / WING and VEA × André Chiang / Belmond culinary curator

   • 2025-04-28
     Eastern & Oriental Express · Wild Malaysia journey · Malaysia / rail journey
     Scheduled date passed · announcement

   Participants / partners
   Vicky Cheng / WING and VEA · André Chiang / Belmond culinary curator

   A guest project for the Tastes of Tomorrow railway series, curated by André Chiang. The date shown is the journey’s start; the source does not isolate the dinner date.[5]

3. Four handsScheduled date passed · announcement

   Vicky Cheng / VEA × Guillaume Galliot / Caprice

   • 2023-08-16
     Caprice · Hong Kong
     Scheduled date passed · announcement
   • 2023-08-23
     VEA · Hong Kong
     Scheduled date passed · announcement

   Participants / partners
   Vicky Cheng / VEA · Guillaume Galliot / Caprice

   Two kitchen exchanges reinterpret each other’s signatures and create dishes around selected ingredients.[3]

Recognition over time

Restaurant ratings and individual honours are listed separately. Editorial profiles are labelled as coverage.

1. 2026

   Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 · No.70[6]

2. 2026

   1 MICHELIN star in the 2026 Hong Kong & Macau selection.[7]

Sources & dates

Public evidence reviewed through 2 November 2026. Older projects are retained; private or undated engagements may be absent.

1. afoodieworld.com · wing-4 · WING ↗Published 2026-06-02 · Checked 2026-11-02
2. vea.hk · vea-2 · VEA ↗Checked 2026-11-02
3. Tatler Asia · vea-5 · VEA ↗Checked 2026-11-02
4. hongkongmorningsun.com · vicky langdonhall 2025 ↗Checked 2026-11-02
5. thepeakmagazine.com.sg · vicky belmond 2025 ↗Published 2025-04-19 · Checked 2026-11-02
6. Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants · 2026 · 1–100 list ↗Checked 2026-11-02
7. MICHELIN · mono-8 · MONO ↗Published 2026-03-19 · Checked 2026-11-02