Which brings me to you

At a very young age, I was very fascinated by all things food and was always around my mum in the kitchen when she cooked. As the years passed, I got busy with a whole lot of other things and so the kitchen was no longer something I was interested in.

In fact, during my teenage and early adult life, I refused to cook or learn cookery despite my mother’s constant request to teach me. At that age, I thought I don’t want to be one of “those women stuck in the kitchen”! I thought of cooking as conforming to a gender role, which I am totally opposed to.

However, as I grew older and a little wiser, I decided that everyone has the right to choose what they like to do, and just because I am a woman who wants to live her life fully did not necessarily mean I should not cook. That understanding changed my life and eventually connected us here.