Mastering Malaysian Hawker Cooking with Jackie M.
Back when I was still running my restaurant, I was approached by a former Masterchef Australia contestant about letting them work in my kitchen so they could learn Malaysian cooking. At the time, I blew them off because I had a restaurant to run.
I ended up closing my restaurant soon after that to look after my disabled child Noah. (FYI anytime I mention Noah it is to give some context re: why I no longer own a restaurant, so people don’t mistakenly think I’m a failed business owner; I’m not fishing for sympathy about Noah’s situation.)
Anyway, not operating a restaurant meant I had the opportunity to travel back to Malaysia regularly and collaborate with local chefs and hawkers. I learned A LOT about how things are done there, but I also realised that what I had taught myself and implemented in Sydney re: Malaysian hawker cooking actually held up pretty well (with the usual caveats re: ingredient availability this side of the world, etc).
I’m now finally ready to dedicate 100% of my attention and effort into helping motivated cooks online to master Malaysian hawker cooking.
This is the kind of person I’m looking to work with:
- You’re comfortable handling food and you know your way around the kitchen
- You love Malaysian hawker food, but you feel stuck when it comes to cooking it
- You’re willing to expand your comfort levels (in a supported way) in order to test and master Malaysian hawker cooking
- You’re friendly and coachable and have ~4 hours per week for 12 weeks to devote to this (most of it in your own time)
- You might have even attended culinary school and found there’s a frustrating knowledge gap there when it comes to Malaysian/Singaporean hawker cuisine
If this sounds like you, go ahead and check out the full details at Malaysian Hawker Pro.
Let me know if you’re IN and I’ll get you set up.
PS this has taken much longer to get going than I had anticipated because a bunch of projects ended up on my lap (Masters of Malaysian Cuisine, The Durian Cookbook etc.).
