A couple weeks ago I was approached by the good people from PrimeWorks Studio (a company owned by Media Prima – ala TV3) to see if I’d be interested to participate as a judge in a cooking competition – Versus 1001 Rasa by Baba’s. I agreed pretty much immediately right after figuring out that I could fit it into the calendar, which also coincide with the 13th anniversary of this blog!

Also almost immediately regret the decision since the program is in Malay language, but alas, I was able to cope. 12 years of Malaysian education did not disappoint at the end. *phew*

with my fellow judges, and celebrity chef hosts
with my fellow judges, and celebrity chef hosts

We shot 2 episodes of the program in the same day, both hosted by Chef Kamarul & Chef Adu. I was also joined by Aiman from EatDrinkKL & Norshalina from Baba’s QC & Halal department.

There are two contestants for each episode, challenging each other by cooking two dishes that are drawn from a recipe box by their respective mentors.

shooting in progress
shooting in progress

The contestants are given ingredients, including Baba’s product, to come up with the dish to impress the judges while being guided by their mentors. All this is done within the stipulated cooking time, which is dependent on recipe. For the episodes that I was a part of, each dish was given an hour’s time to prepare.

When the time is up, we the judges then gets invited to taste them and gives point to the dish based on predetermined criteria of taste, ingredients used, uniqueness, presentation, and completeness.

dishes from the contestants for judges to sample
dishes from the contestants for judges to sample

It was overall quite an interesting experience. Quite a bit different from my previous experience as judges at R.AGE Food Fight and Blogger MasterChef Challenge. The three judges have the final say without input from the hosts or mentors, and everything is audited. I thought that was very genuine.

I’m not going to announce any spoilers here, but if you have access to TV3, do try to catch the program when it comes out and see how I struggle with our national language.


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Being a Judge for Baba’s Versus 1001 Rasa Cooking Competition
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22 thoughts on “Being a Judge for Baba’s Versus 1001 Rasa Cooking Competition

  • February 4, 2018 at 3:21 pm
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    I received a similar message but when I saw the show is in Malay… no chance I could cope and still sound intelligent

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    • February 4, 2018 at 5:09 pm
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      Monica: It’d be wayyyy more interesting!

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  • February 5, 2018 at 12:48 am
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    Wah, level up wor, hehe 😛
    I wonder where’s the studio as I’m staying at Bandar SRi Damansara too but do not know the exist of this place >_<

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    • February 5, 2018 at 10:09 am
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      Choi Yen: hehe paiseh paiseh *bow*

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  • February 5, 2018 at 1:03 am
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    oh wow, looks like you guys had fun! yay! and you met aiman! i haven’t spoken to him about this yet, but hopefully he enjoyed being a judge too – the food looks quite tasty and well-done! 🙂

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    • February 5, 2018 at 10:09 am
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      Sean: ya! We had fun and you’ve got a good staff in Aiman!

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  • February 5, 2018 at 6:19 am
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    i tried to enter masterchef australia, but they say kennot! because i am Msian and will disadvantage other contestants #WTF

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    • February 5, 2018 at 10:10 am
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      kekeke: well maybe cos you’re not australian?

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      • February 7, 2018 at 4:32 am
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        #makeaustraliagreatagain

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        • February 7, 2018 at 11:37 am
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          kekeke: MAGAAAAAAAAAA

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          • February 12, 2018 at 7:08 am
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            oi calm down uncle…

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              • February 16, 2018 at 5:21 am
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                #dranktoomuchkopi #lol

              • February 19, 2018 at 9:02 am
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                kekeke: do not diss kopiiiii

  • February 5, 2018 at 7:18 am
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    Wowwwwww!!! Big shot you, eh? The dishes dished out by the contestants sure look good, impressive!

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    • February 5, 2018 at 10:10 am
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      suitaupui: Haha not big shot by any means, just glad to be invited 😀

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    • February 5, 2018 at 4:59 pm
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      taufulou: oi pls! haha.

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  • March 8, 2018 at 10:43 am
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    Its very inspire me to know more

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