Nadia Lim

Nadia Lim is a New Zealand born celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food writer and television personality. Lim is known as "The Good Food Cook" and for creating healthy, nutritious recipes by putting a health focus behind real food, which is influenced by her background as a clinical dietitian.

Family

Lim is of New Zealand and Chinese-Malaysian heritage and was born (1985) in Auckland, New Zealand to her mother (Julie Lim) and Malaysian Chinese father (Ken Lim). At six years of age she moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where she lived until 1998. She has since described her childhood experiences of living in two contrasting cultures as influencing her fusion cooking style of Asian and European cuisines.[1]

Early career

Lim graduated from Otago University in 2008 with a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Science in Human Nutrition and Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics. She worked from 2008–11 for the Auckland District Health Board as a clinical dietitian, specialising in diabetes. She describes her recipes as healthy, being focused on moderation and using real ingredients. Lim believes that this is due in part to her background as a diabetes dietitian and understanding nutrition science.[2]

Television

Lim won the second series of MasterChef New Zealand, airing on TV One on New Zealand in 2011;[3] the United Kingdom in 2012 on UKTV; and in the Netherlands in 2013.

In 2014 the Asian Food Channel commissioned an eight part television show, New Zealand with Nadia Lim,[4] which was screened during primetime across 14 countries throughout Asia, to an audience of 130 million. The show was produced to increase awareness of New Zealand food and culture to Asian audiences. New Zealand with Nadia Lim was also aired by SkyTV's Food TV channel from August 2014 and TVNZ's TV ONE from November 2014.

Lim was selected as a guest-judge on the first series of My Kitchen Rules New Zealand which broadcast on TV ONE in 2014.

Cookbooks

Lim's first cookbook, Nadia's Kitchen, was released in 2012 by Random House and is focused on healthy original recipes.

In 2013, Lim released her second best selling cookbook, Nadia Lim's Good Food Cookbook. This book received runner-up at the 2014 International Gourmand Cookbook of the Year awards (Best TV Chef category).[5]

Title Published ISBN
Nadia's Kitchen 2012 ISBN 9781869799113
Nadia Lim's Good Food Cookbook 2013 ISBN 9781775535065
Easy Week Night Meals 2015 ISBN 9781877505492

My Food Bag

Lim is a founder of My Food Bag, a New Zealand and Australian home delivery service that delivers recipes and fresh ingredients to customers doors. The service was launched in 2013 by Cecilia and James Robinson, together with Lim and her husband, Carlos Bagrie, and ex-Telecom CEO Theresa Gattung.[6] Kevin Roberts, Executive Chairman of global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi was appointed Chairman of My Food Bag in March 2015[7][8]

An Australian division was launched in Sydney in August 2014.[9]

Charitable work

Lim has worked with a number of New Zealand charities, partnering with Diabetes New Zealand, the Heart Foundation, the Blind Foundation, the Cancer Society and the Hospice to help encourage healthy eating.

References

  1. ↑ Knight, Kim (2014). "Nadia Lim's journey to cooking" (Sunday Magazine). Fair Fax. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ University of Otago Magazine (Issue 31 ed.). University of Otago. 2012. pp. 23; 24; 25. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Smith, Catherine (2011). "Masterchef: Plop, plop and a dream collapses in soggy ruins" (The New Zealand Herald). APN. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Shackelford, Linda (2014). "Nadia Lim talks career and babies" (New Zealand Woman's Weekly). Bauer Media. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Robert Oliver wins global award for Samoan cookbook". http://www.spasifikmag.com''. Spasifik. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Milford, Catherine (2014). "Nadia Lim’s secret ingreient". Bauer Media. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ↑ . NZME. 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11414281. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ . NZME. 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11430110. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ Ryan, Holly (2014). 3752 "My Food Bag trio eyeing Aussie kitchens". APN. Retrieved 14 December 2014.