And a slide show of the best moments of the Great Cook-Off competition

Clash of the Titans at Marine Parade on Wednesday 7th April when Jurong Green Team-family “Cooking Angels” of Madam Saedah faces Braddell Heights Jenny Chua Team.
MY LITTLE DUMPLING
Jenny Chua’s winning family, it runs in the family.
Did you know that Madam Yeo, Jenny’s 77-year-old mum won a dumpling contest almost 20 years ago?
No, not because her cheeks were smooth and round like dumplings, but the gentle lady won in a who-can-make-the-fastest-dumpling competition and she beat off the rest.
Well, Madam Yeo was only in her 50s then…

Watch the jury as they name the winner of the first Great Cook-off competition
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THE RICE QUEEN
First Madam Saedah Tahier entered HandMeDown’s Great Cook-Off with her young grandson, the boy with the many expressions, then the family thought, alamak, too young lah, so they tried to rope in granddaughter Najah who actually prefers fastfood.
How to get her to join the contest? Grandbapak had to “bribe” Najah with $50! After their nasi pelangi-rainbow rice took them into the finals, N was swopped for the grandson. Truly a family that bonds together! They eat breakfast every weekend together, on homecooked mee (siam, rebus, soto) or roti kirai.
What is roti kirai? Good question, we’ll be asking the bonding Cooking Angels for the recipe.

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Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, MP Jurong GRC, Adviser Jurong GRC GROs, was Guest of Honour at Jurong Green CC, semi-finals of HMD’s Great Cook-off.

SHUT UP! Paik Choo, Paik Choo, Paik Choo, don’t you know that wearing white adds on 10kg to a person’s body mass in photos?
Or is it a ploy so anyone next to you looks slim?
Eh, the Jurong Green CC kitchen got no flies, so no need to open your mouth to catch them!
How’s this for a brag-pic, meaning can boast of your picture with the Minister, cool.

Saturday March 20th
When Jurong Green CC heard of Braddell Heights CC’s participation in HandMeDown’s Great Cook-Off, they all said, “Braddell Heights is the best, they have many great cooks, they always have cooking lessons, all the men there know how to cook etc.”
All too true.
Just look at Simon Lim and his family – six children, give the man a medal, if not six! – and Kelvin Kai, the sharpest man about, with his pouch of serious cutting instruments.
And then there’s Alice Lim FLC (Family Life Champion), for whom BH CC is like her second home.
“I join everything, I am into flowers, line dancing, cooking, all!”
We went with her to the Jurong wet market and it was like going with an MP walkabout, everybody, every stallholder, knows Alice, what a wonderland of produce and people.
Next round we must get the other FLC Family Life Champion Tay Poay Kiang to enter, Poay Kiang prefers to be quiet and watchful.

Rate each family, leave a comment, be a judge

Madam Saedah said to her daughter-in-law Nora, dry lah the lettuce leaves, I told you before, otherwise when you put the rendang prawns (S E D A P sekali) sure wet.

Aiyeee, Nora nangis over the nasi pelangi!

Stop camera, lights, got real mudder-dotter action here.

Nora dried her eyes, and the lettuce – hello, with the same tissue?! And they went on to win. Lagi more tears.

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Oh what a painful truth!

The men actually do it better. In the kitchen.

Simon Lim, Kelvin Kai, take a bow, wow, you guys are good.

First, everybody, please petition the Istana, Simon Lim deserves an award – for duty towards his country.

Simon has five daughters and a son, I mean, who has six children these days, BRAVO, Simon Lim family, you truly stand up for Singapore, man.

As if that’s not enough, Simon, with all hands on deck from mother Madam Cheong and daughter Giselle, the interactive team bar none produced Lotus Stuffed Duck that should have Tung Lok banging down his door.

An excellent dish, and an extraordinary bonding with family, with asides from wife calling “siew sum ti” (careful) and “garnish!” “lift first then cut!”

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When Jurong Green CC heard of Braddell Heights CC’s participation in HandMeDown’s Great Cook-Off, they all said, “Braddell Heights is the best, they have many great cooks, they always have cooking lessons, all the men there know how to cook etc.”
All too true.
Just look at Simon Lim and his family – six children, give the man a medal, if not six! – and Kelvin Kai, the sharpest man about, with his pouch of serious cutting instruments.
And then there’s Alice Lim FLC (Family Life Champion), for whom BH CC is like her second home.
“I join everything, I am into flowers, line dancing, cooking, all!”
We went with her to the Jurong wet market and it was like going with an MP walkabout, everybody, every stallholder, knows Alice, what a wonderland of produce and people.
Next round we must get the other FLC Family Life Champion Tay Poay Kiang to enter, Poay Kiang prefers to be quiet and watchful.

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