An Australian TV hostess' PASSION FOR CHINA

Brisbane native Heidi Dugan considers Shanghai her true home.

CANBERRA－In China, Heidi Dugan teaches people how to cook Western cuisine. While in Australia, she helps people know about a real China.

Dugan, 48, is a TV hostess for the cooking show You Are the Chef in Shanghai, where she spent 24, or half of her years.

At the end of last year, she set up a consulting firm advising Australian companies how to do business in China.