Artist Yeow works mainly with acrylic paint on canvas. Her early works featured heavily textured backgrounds whereas recent works present a smoother, more refined and highly detailed finish. Elements of her Chinese heritage feature in her work, including the goldfish, a symbol of prosperity and good luck in Chinese culture, lotus flowers, ponds, and Australian flora and fauna. A recurring character in Yeow's recent work is one that she calls
The Girl ("my autobiographical twin" She says "I guess [The Girl] was developed as a cathartic act, in terms of embracing everything that I did hate about myself physically: the broad nose, the Asian eyes, the broad face". She has also appeared regularly at Libby Edwards Gallery. In 2003, Yeow donated an artwork to raise funds for breast cancer research at
Flinders Medical Centre. In 2007, Yeow's artwork was used on the cover of the book
The Chinese Exotic by Olivia Khoo. She was also a judge for Youthscape 2008. In 2009, Yeow appeared in a glamour shoot for
Who magazine. In 2018, Yeow was the subject of a lengthy radio interview with
Richard Fidler on
Conversations.
Cook and food television Yeow first appeared on the
ABC television program
Beat the Chef on 13 April 2005. Her auntie Kim Thoo assisted her in the studio kitchen, where she prepared Ying Yang Prawns. She returned to the program on 15 June 2005, assisted by her friend Felicity Electricity. This time she prepared Basil Thai Fried Rice and Deep-Fried Dory Fillets with Green Mango. Yeow was selected in the top 20 contestants for
the first series of
MasterChef Australia from over 7000 applicants. Competition and eliminations began in May 2009. Yeow was eliminated on 18 June 2009 when she incorrectly guessed the ingredients in
minestrone. She was one of three eliminated contestants allowed to return to the program on 1 July 2009. She survived further eliminations to compete in the final on 19 July 2009 against
Julie Goodwin. Goodwin won the final, with Yeow runner-up. Yeow appeared with
Matt Preston in the World Chef Showcase in October 2009. Yeow signed with the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a cooking series (''Poh's Kitchen'') and a two-book publishing deal with
ABC Books. The production on the series began in November 2009 in her home town of Adelaide. The series was aired from 10 February 2010. Yeow was nominated for the
Logie Awards of 2011 in the category of Most Popular New Female Talent. She was again nominated in
2025 for the
Gold Logie. In 2011, the ABC broadcast a second season of ''Poh's Kitchen
, entitled Poh's Kitchen on the Road''. Yeow travelled to all Australian states, as well as Singapore and Thailand, to film stories on produce and cooking. A third season premiered on 11 September 2012. In 2015, Yeow launched a new series,
Poh & Co., on
SBS. It features various styles of cooking, and also the renovation of Yeow's backyard. Yeow opened a gourmet food stall,
Jamface by Poh, at the Adelaide Showground Farmers' Market. In 2016 Yeow opened a cafe at
Adelaide Central Market, also named
Jamface by Poh. It closed on 15 October 2019. In 2019, Yeow returned to
MasterChef Australia as a mentor, sharing the position with
season eight runner-up Matt Sinclair and
season seven winner
Billie McKay. In 2020, Yeow returned to
MasterChef Australia as a contestant in
Back to Win and placed 6th. In August 2023, it was announced that she would be teaming up with fellow
MasterChef contestant
Adam Liaw, to host a brand new cooking show on SBS titled ''Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites.'' The show features the hosting duo travelling around Australia to different cities and coastlines and cooking with the locals. In October 2023,
Network 10 announced that Yeow would be joining the forthcoming sixteenth season of
MasterChef Australia as a permanent host and judge, alongside fellow new judges Sofia Levin and
Jean-Christophe Novelli, as well as returning judge
Andy Allen. It came after the sudden death of former judge
Jock Zonfrillo and the departure of
Melissa Leong. == Film and television appearances ==