Name Nadia Lim Role Writer | Spouse Carlos Bagrie (m. 2012) Parents Ken Lim, Julie Lim | |
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Full Name Nadia Rui-chi Lim Style Fresh and Organic, healthy food Books Good Food Cookbook: Simple, Healthy and Delicious Food for Busy People Profiles | ||
Nadia Lim's NUDE FOOD
Nadia Lim (born 21 December 1985) is a New Zealand born celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food writer and television personality. Lim is known as the self-proclaimed "Nude Cook" as an advocate of natural, unprocessed foods, and for creating healthy, nutritious recipes by putting a health focus behind real food, which is influenced by her background as a clinical dietitian.
Contents
- Nadia Lims NUDE FOOD
- Nadia lim chef and owner of my food bag wise words highlights
- Early life and education
- Career
- Television
- Cookbooks
- My Food Bag
- Charitable work
- Personal life
- References
Nadia lim chef and owner of my food bag wise words highlights
Early life and education
Lim is of New Zealander and Chinese-Malaysian heritage and was born 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 for about six years. She has said that her experiences in two cultures influence her fusion cooking style of Asian and European cuisines.
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.
Television
Lim won the second series of MasterChef New Zealand, airing on TV One on New Zealand in 2011; 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, 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 with 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 a guest judge on the first series of My Kitchen Rules New Zealand which broadcast on TV ONE in 2014 and on TV TWO 2015. She was also a guest judge for Season 3 of Master Chef New Zealand.
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).
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. Kevin Roberts, Executive Chairman of global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi was appointed Chairman of My Food Bag in March 2015
An Australian division was launched in Sydney in August 2014. For MasterChef New Zealand (series 6), the winner would be employed to work for her as a chef/menu-planner as part of the prize package. She was also a guest judge on episode 12, where the winner of her "Mystery Bag - Match made in Heaven Challenge" can have their dish featured in the company's recipe, which also served as a job trial.
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 and the Cambodia Charitable Trust to raise awareness of the poverty trap of underprivileged children in Cambodia.
Personal life
Lim is married and has a son named Bodhi. Her father Ken died in 2014 due to cancer.