Discovery Asia Pacific unveils Asian Food Network (AFN), an evolution of the Asian Food Channel, the #1 English Lifestyle channel in Southeast Asia.
The linear channel and digital destination have been re-imagined as AFN, embracing a digital-first approach curated for its growing four million+ mobile-first community.
AFN promises a seamless digital and linear experience that offers entertainment, utility and community for all Asian food lovers. Asianfoodnetwork.com provides a trove of tested recipes, cooking tips, stories on Asian food cultures and a growing set of features that will power their passion for food and cooking.
The community can look forward to engaging with well-loved ambassadors from Southeast Asia such as Singapore’s Sarah Huang Benjamin, Malaysia’s Ili Soulaiman and Sherson Lian, and the Philippines’ Anton Amoncio as well as Chef Ngo Than Hoa from Vietnam, RinRin Marinka, Yuda Bustara and Janti Brasali from Indonesia. AFN will also feature favourite chefs and personalities from Northern Asia like Debbie Wong from Hong Kong and Frank Striegl, the well-known ramen expert of Japan.
Online content will focus on the latest dining trends and conversations, led by an exciting roster of food trend hunters including Matthias Rhoads from the Philippines, Joyce Ng and Magdalene Chow from Singapore, ensuring that foodies stay ahead of what the Asian food world has to offer. Singapore’s Charlotte Mei is Asian Food Network’s resident nutritionist.
AFN is passionate about growing and engaging in conversations with the largest Asian food community, providing the latest foodie-tips through consistent engagement activities online. The new destination ensures ease in joining the AFN community, where it is simple for users to register an account, bookmark favourite content pieces, get nutritional information and participate in food conversations through comments. Asian food lovers can also look forward to exciting bite-sized content and new partnerships with like-minded brands in the months to come.
Expanding beyond its traditional audience, AFN will be partnering with Viu, a leading pan-regional OTT video service from PCCW Media Group with more than 36 million monthly active users (MAU), to provide free access to AFN content to Viu-ers.
Going beyond the kitchen into Asian cultures
Bringing more than just good food to the table, AFN will uncover the world beyond kitchens all across Asia, through topical and seasonal stories. The community will also get a taste of the history behind various dishes, discovering how food is an expression of cultural identity, passed down from one generation to the next.
For example, in Indonesia, AFN is partnering with GoFood, Gojek’s leading food delivery service in Southeast Asia, to create a series highlighting the inspiring stories of Indonesian food merchants. This series, as well as other curated new food content, will be featured as recommendations on both the Gojek super-app and blog and AFN’s website.
