Sharing The Experience : Chef Haryani

CHEF SELEBRITI, EPISODE 1

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Finally the long-awaited 1st episode of Chef Selebriti was aired!! Now I can blog about it!! I tried my best to keep all the details of the upcoming episodes a secret. But some‘things’ just got leaked out due to a particular ‘no-appreciation-for-confidentiality-&-element of surprise- individual. So for those who ‘know’, PLS keep in to yourselves ok. I would really appreciate it.

Let’s talk about what I feel about this competition thus far. I remembered the mass cook-off at COURTS vividly. I was actually in the daze all the time after it was announced that I’m going to be in the top 12. For your information, I’m competing against 11 professional male chefs!! Cam tak percaya gitu!! Am I really doing this??

Was I intimidated by them?? Well maybe initially. Especially when all the 30 contestants gathered for the 1st day of competition. I was surprised to see mostly men were competing. Not only that, at least 20 of them are professional chefs! With their knives set in leather cases & their crisp black & white uniform. My knives were wrapped in newspapers! Standard makciks nye style! LOL!

It was indeed a mental challenge for me. But I realised, everyone else was just as nervous & anxious as me. The anticipation of waiting, what are we going to cook? We only know at the very last minute what we''ll cook. We stood at our stations looking at the ingredients given for about a minute. Then cook-off begin! We had 30mins to cook & garnish our dissh.

I knew for definitely, I'm NOT going to just fry or make KOKA noodles soup! Actually, I have never cooked Noodle Omelette before! I was so glad to be given eggs. I just heard about this type of dish somewhere before.

So Alhamdullillah, menjadi. Takut omelettenye pecah ke, hangus ke... My luck was good that day. I will never forget KOKA noodles all my life!!

My sole supporter that day, my dearest hubby, sampai kempunan. He was standing there all afternoon, straight from his 24hrs shift. And when he saw my dish, "Eh kenapa you nak pernah masak recipe ni kat rumah??" Kecian laki aku...

Like I've said before, I was like in a daze all day under that tent. The issue that held me back was that I was going to have to leave my baby behind to compete. Thinking about that made me wanna give up my place. Even the latest MANJA article mentioned that I was like NOT interested in this competition. But hubby gave me his support & encouraged me to take on this once in a lifetime experience. That phrase in MANJA is definitely WRONG!

I wanted so much to be a part of this. This is what I love. It's always been my dream to host my own cooking show! I love this, just as much as I love my daughter.

So don't forget to catch me & the rest of the contestants next Sunday when the competition truly begins!! Will I be eliminated next week?! Stay tuned & find out!!! Chef Haryani

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