My Journey with Thermomix ;)

Started from a total non cook person, I may be in my late 30s now but previously I really cannot cook at all! I still live with my parents and my dad is a cook, my mum usually cooks at home. It's a blessing but I just cannot cook. Haha.... For 2 years when I live on my own in New Zealand (was lucky first 8 months where my lovely cousin & hubby fed me well), Then after when I moved out to live on my own, I have no choice but cook for myself. I started my own cooking only at 31 years old! Not too late, eh? :) Bad news is... I was working in a promotional company and yes, we do get lots of samples home and then I learn to depend on lots of ready product, i.e. processed food. Did mostly oven cooking and also microwave. Bought lots of microwaveable wares too. Cooking rice in microwave, grilling patties and eggs in microwave, baking cake in microwave, even burnt my microwaveable wares with anchovies!

When I got back to Malaysia, reality hits me. A close friend was diagnosed with cancer stage 3, the next a year plus nearly two years went to final stage and she's gone now. Scary as it is, especially turning myself from a non cook to a cook, cooking for someone who will be constantly losing appetite. What a challenge! I constantly reading up kids menus, for the colours and also for healthy food. Then came lots of friends with lots of restriction of no to this and no to that. Then I stopped using microwave for good. And mainly cook with Thermomix plus some stove cooking. I then realised the importance of clean eating.. 

Clean eating actually helps me lose weight.. Check my other post on this here.

Then after years of cooking with Thermomix, I become fanatic. A bit over the board! Kind of paranoid sometimes if I don't get to cook with it. I realised I have cooked more than 3000 dishes over and still counting for the past 2 years when I try to re-organise my FB page early this year in 2014.

I never know I actually love cooking. All this while, I thought I only love eating! & I always eat like a horse and worse now! Learning more on type of food to eat or cook helps, otherwise I can be a big fat Eddi, not that I am slim now, but at least I am not at my fattest with the way I eat! ^_^

Next came the time to challenge myself further into competing for any upcoming contest organised by company :)

The first challenge.. For SuperChef competition from March 2014 - July 2014

 May 2014 - Mom's Day - Mix With Us

 

This was unrelated to cooking but because of cooking and selling Thermomix, I am seeing more people, I used to have stage fright and now I got over it, even appeared in TVC (TV commercial ad), ventured into Viral Videos for different product and even in Webdrama! I am now an entertainer! LOL! And I seriously am enjoying it. You should come to see one of my demos too :)

Click here to watch the ad. Short 15 secs ad, 2 different sets, shot in 4 full days, under hot sun, all turned tanned dark, but we sure had loads of fun!

Watch my very first WebDrama as the mummy for gorgeous Megan Tan. When I get the role, I have to ask, how old is my daughter? 20s... Ok.. Then how old am I supposed to be? 40s, ok! But I think I was made to look 50s or 60s! Hahaha.. Had loads of fun to be sharing the same scene with all the experienced young seniors :)

Short WebDrama ---> U-Kafetiam

Behind the Scene ---> BTS Auntie Sally

At times we have cooking classes.. Here's Children Cooking Class in 31st May 2014:

Over the years, many exciting rewards. Stay with us and many more gains for you... lots & lots of fun games, challenges & many more genuine lovely friends too :)

Company organised Super Chef championship.. Out of fun.. I joined and got myself a First Runner Up in July 2014.. Thanks to all my supporters and fans out there for all your supports, else I would not have gone that far.. to final! Had loads of great fun. All who had requested some feast from me.. Come come.. let's do it!

       

In 17th Aug 2014, appeared in National paper..  Check here: NST 

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In between SuperChef championship, I tried my luck at another cooking competition but didn't get into final. Catch up with Chef Wan since he was the judge of the day. Lots of great tips learnt from him. Nice chappy guy, lots of passion, schedule packed yet super high energy ;)

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Reinvited during the Semi Final - Final for SuperChef - Desserts competition on 15th Dec 2014 to share a dessert recipe and I did Chocolate Chips cookies in conjuction with Christmas season :)