Our Story
Real Chinese food. By a family who means it.
Every spring roll we make is wrapped by hand, using recipes that crossed an ocean with our family.
20+
Years Family Run
5M+
Rolls hand-wrapped a year
1000+
Kitchens supplied
A family recipe, a second generation
Our story starts with our parents — Chinese-Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the UK in the late 1970s with almost nothing except the family recipes. In 2003, Sau Wai Quan turned those recipes into a business, because the spring rolls in British supermarkets were bland, soggy — and everyone just accepted it. We didn't.
"They left behind a home, a language, a whole life. The one thing they never let go of was the recipes."
Today our team of 19 hand-wraps more than five million spring rolls a year, alongside chop suey rolls, samosas and classic Chinese soups — supplying wholesalers, restaurants and independent retailers across the UK. Nothing about how we make our food has changed: real ingredients, no artificial flavours or preservatives, and every single roll finished by hand.
From one boat to five million spring rolls
Late 1970
A Journey Begins
Our parents flee Vietnam as part of the 'Boat People', arriving in the UK as refugees. No money, no English — just hope, and the family recipes.
2003
Quan's Food is born
Sau Wai Quan starts hand-making spring rolls the way they should taste, supplying local restaurants and takeaways across Merseyside.
2005
Our first factory
Demand outgrows the kitchen. We open our first production unit and start building the team.
2018
The second generation steps up
Christopher Quan returns to the family business after seven years in banking to write the next chapter.
2020
The nation stays home — and orders more
The Covid lockdown sends demand for restaurant-quality food at home rocketing. Our growth accelerates.
2025
Five million and counting
We pass £1.2m turnover and 5 million+ spring rolls a year. Christopher graduates from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK (Cohort 23).
2026
Award-winning — and just getting started
Winners of the HSBC NorthWest Family Business Award. Our handmade range reaches premium food halls and independents, with new soups and sauces on the way.
What we won't compromise
Stock the range. Taste the difference.
We partner with retailers, wholesalers and food halls across the UK — and we let the product do the talking.