The Star R.AGE Food Fight

After ten years of updating this site, I am going to finally be able to meet my number one most respected food personality in Malaysia – Chef Wan!

To me, there’s no other single person who has contributed more in bringing Malaysian food to the world, I still vividly remember one day many years ago at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City when I switched on the TV and saw a program of Chef Wan being broadcast in a foreign country. Totally awesome, and I would have never thought that one day I may be on the same panel as him in a contest.

I’m going to tell my grandchildren about this one day…

the article above is published in full here

Anyway, this is about The Star R.AGE’s Food Fight, a competition to find the next food celebrity in Malaysia. Winner will get a column in The Star, a featured blog on R.AGE (rage.com.my), an online video series produced by R.AGE TV, culinary workshops by Le Cordon Bleu as well as cash and other prizes.

The competition is as such:

• One video submission A cooking segment (max. 3 minutes) where participants prepare a recipe using palm oil, promoted as a “truly Malaysian ingredient”, and mention some of its benefits. Benefits of palm oil will be published on the contest microsite. Judging will focus more on their on­camera personality and presentation skills.
• One blogpost An article complete with photos (and any other media, if desired), to be uploaded to a dedicated R.AGE Food Fight page.

5 Finalists will be shorst listed by the judges by 3rd Sept and will then undergo training at Le Cordon Bleu.

On the 26th of September, the finalists will have masterclasses conducted by Chef Wan, Chef Darren Chin, Chef Liang, and yours truly.

The finale will be on Oct 3rd, it’ll be exciting! Can’t wait.

p/s: Thanks Michael!