Shanghai’s Top Bachelors and Bachelorettes

Charlie Mayer

Age: 40

Job: Cabaret at Chinatown and TV Host of ICS City Beat

From: Lancaster, England

Hidden Talents: Being able to cook with a cardboard box and a lemon and for it to taste okay. I can make food with astonishingly little, but it still can be yummy. My most recent success was everything that’s left in the fridge mashed potatoes. It was so beautiful that it was a success.

Turn-ons: I’m surprisingly practical when it comes to turn-ons. I like a girl who is graceful, but can also fix a drywall. Just someone who is really @#$%ing good at something.

Turn-offs: Indiscretion.

What he looks for in a woman: Elegant, graceful, clean and forgiving. And the minimum amount of covering up of myself that I have to do, the better.

Worst pick-up line he’s ever used: Fifteen years ago, I said, “God I wish I was straight” to a girl. It worked.

Best way into his pants: Bathroom gatecrash.

His thoughts on the dating scene: I think it’s remarkable that the dating scene in Shanghai is so damn complicated given that there are so many amazing people here.

Brandon Woods

Age: 28

Job: By day, I'm a lecturer at Shanghai University in Finance and Economics and at night I moonlight for Drunken Dragons Pub Crawl

From: Arizona, USA

Chinese horoscope: I’m a dog, which is loyal and honest. I come from a military family and those are two values that have always been instilled in me.

How he describes himself: Goofy, passionate and persistent

Hobbies: I’m really a nerd at heart. I like to play chess, read books, watch movies. I love the outdoors. I’m a huge soccer player, hiker and runner.

Hidden talents: I hate getting massages, but I love to give them and I’m really good at them. You can put me up against any of the massage parlours in Shanghai and I give the best massage.

Turn-ons: I absolutely love skirts. You could put a 500 pound girl in a skirt in front of me and I’d look twice.

Turn-offs: Negative Nancies

What he looks for in a woman: I’m an equal opportunity dater. Also, I hate complication, so someone who is straightforward and just a fun soul.