CHEF SELEBRITI

The year is 2007.... the first time ever SURIA is looking for a CHEF which can cook and host...was invited to participate and was happy and glad that few of my friends is oso in it...from 250 chef they chose 30 to take part in the mass cooking competition held in COURTS tampinese... along with other hopeful chef, i went down and took part.. weather was hot, I did not inform anybody that I'm going there and as usual, i be all alone.

The sat event was good, we are supposed to create a dish from the simplest things that u can find in the market...MAGGIE MEE...Some chef look blur while others was thinking on the flavour to take and what to cook... i did what i have to do and some chef even complaint bout having to cook MAGGIE( to them its degrading to even asked them to cook it) I tell them BALLS to U ...as a chef , u just cook whatever is given to you and make the best out of it, i always believe in 3 things,COLOUR,TEXTURE and TASTE!

I was judge by few judges and they asked question bout my food,some chef really sucks at their imagination and they just cook normally like how ppl will cook at home..DUH!

The next day, we were told to come back and that's when the chosen 10 supposed to be announced...10 chef is on the stage and the so called CREATIVE DIRECTOR called for a drama meeting and choose 2 more chef ...that means 12 of us.....

We go home pack our things and will embark on a 2 month unpaid leave just to be in the reality show,we supposed to host /sleep/and cook at the same times.... few of the chef is from well known restaurant and some are just beginners...

Every week ,1 chef is kicked out and it continue till the last chef standing .... the 5 last chef is CHEF MUSTAKIM aka THE DIVA, CHEF ALFIE aka LUCKY BOI ,CHEF KHALED aka FAV.BOI,CHEF AMRI aka THE PRINCIPAL and CHEF ANDRI aka THE BAD BOI....I always had been label the BAD one i dunno y ......maybe its their perception...

The 5 of us is the longest staying chef and we been thru alot together, we laugh,we cry ,we sleep,we eat and we talk alot......Out of the 5 , 3 chef get so closed together that we are name THE TRIPLE A"s ( i dun have to say who right)

Chef amri.....is someone ,mothers loves to marry their daughter to, he respect the elderly, love his parents and very very talented chef

Chef alfie...... got his training from yellow ribbon project and have a lucky star with him every time when u think he is losing, he is the God father of the house...

Chef andri..... ya ya, the sensitive,crying but talented chef

The 3 of us clique so well that we are like brothers till now, after the show we still hang out and meet . During the show, we learned first hand encounter that television is a damn dirty industry...u can rise and die in an instant... how Malay wanna go forward when most of them are just purely puppets? we learn that a burn food will still look nice on TV,Judges are merely scapegoat and we all look like we gain extra pound in TV.....

Everybody thought that Mustakim or Amri will win these show...but than again.....its up to the Creative Director to say who is the winner..I swear to GOD its true..

Alfie and i was voted out during the 9 episode and we knew its coming since episode 3...we may look stupid....but we are not, we just playing along for goodness sake....y they keep us there till the last episode is just because...they had no reason to vote us out and with us, the storyline is more interesting ....

We became an instant celebrity after that , at first yes i admit, its nice to be recognised ..but after awhile..i realised...its not cool at all.. our moved are being watched, we r being judge and we cant do things we like anymore......

Chef Selebriti crazed have died down, I'm glad I'm in it cos at least Tia can see me over and over again in TV... I made some good friends and i do hope they are doing well ...

lastly...y i joined the show is because.....ITS NOT THE FAME THAT I SEEK,ITS THE AWARENESS I CREATED.....that Singapore do have good chef around and not just talking chef that elected himself to be a PRESIDENT of a certain chef association..SG do have reliable chef that's is passionate bout Wat we do and cook.......