Overseas Vietnamese wins TV’s Master Chef
King of the kitchen: Viet Nam’s new Master Chef Ngo Thanh Hoa cooks on the show. — Photo vtv.vn
HA NOI — Ngo Thanh Hoa, a 40-year-old overseasVietnamese who used to live in Australia, has won the first Master Chef reality television season in Viet Nam.
He won the hearts of both the jury and audience on Friday through a performance of cooking a starter, main course and dessert during the two and a half hour show. He chose to make stir-fried chicken with herbs and chili in a Vietnamese style, accompanied by Turkish influenced rice and yoghurt.
He will took away a cash prize of VND500 million (US$25,000) and a contract to publish his own cook book.
Hoa spent 18 years in Australia before deciding to return to his homeland last year to seek a career in cooking.
The runner-up was 19-year-old student Phan Quoc Tri from HCM City.
MasterChef Vietnam 2013 is the first season of the reality TV show co-produced by BHD Company and Viet Nam Television based on the original game show franchise created by Franc Roddam in the UK in 1990. — VNS