The Potluck
By Kenneth SZ Goh
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The Potluck May 01, 2021
#3 | Nor - MasterChef Singapore S2 Top 5 Finalist - The Soulful Cook
Meet Nor Hadayah Mohamad, or Nor, a Top 5 finalist on MasterChef Singapore Season 2 (2021). Nor has been hailed as 'Soul Woman', wowing judges with her dishes that boast intense and vibrant flavours, from Gambas Al Ajillo, Kek Pisang Nanas to a coffee-infused Mexican beef stew. Nor shares how her experience on Masterchef is akin to "enter a wrestling ring, where you start to question one's life choices" and the highs and lows of her colourful and (sometimes teary) journey of taking part in the televised cooking competition.
Nor also shares how her interest in cooking blossomed, from being "my mother's shadow in the kitchen", crimping epok epoks while other kids were out playing to cooking all sorts of cuisine from Mexican, Japanese to even Uzbek. Nor also shares her plans for life after MasterChef and how plans to open up the possibilities of cooking Halal food.
#2 | Interview with Lee Yum Hwa, Chef-owner of Ben Fatto & Pasta Maker
Meet Lee Yum Hwa, chef-owner of Italian private dining outfit, Ben Fatto and pasta artisan, who knows his orecchiette from marubini. Yum Hwa shares how selling pasta and sauces during the circuit breaker period has helped him see more clearly that pasta production is his endgame, and how he has gotten more creative with pasta-making. He also shares how his interest in crafting an extensive range of pasta started. "I want to showcase the craft of making pasta as the protagonist of a dish".
#1 | Interview With Shake Shack's Culinary Director Mark Rosati on the brand's debut in Singapore
I speak with Shake Shack's Culinary Director Mark Rosati on his plans for the chain at the opening of the first Shake Shack outlet in South-east Asia in Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport.
Read the full interview here.