Recently, mother and daughter participated in a Christmas-themed cook-off -- and won. Chow says she was motivated to join the programme because Christmas is her family’s favourite festival, and for the event, the two created potato croquettes with bacon and onion, accompanied by cranberry sauce that incorporates orange juice and zest. “I love to make mashed potatoes at Christmas, especially because it is a dish that I can get my kids involved with,” she says. “For this competition, I decided to add a twist to it, and mixed in some of my kids’ favourite ingredients and deep-fried them with breadcrumbs.”
The duo’s winning recipe will be featured on the Christmas menu at EAST, Hong Kong. “Now that we’ve won the competition, Alison has been hyped for weeks and feels proud to call herself a junior master chef.”
Another pair, Jennifer Loong and Jade Kwan, used to spend a lot of time working on events together in their previous jobs. They eventually both changed companies, but the friends stayed in touch, and recently they decided to experiment with mixology together in their spare time to create new cocktails. Loong says she especially likes the freedom involved in mixology. “What I like most was that there is no fixed formula,” she says. “You can freely mix the drinks according to your own taste.”