Penang-born MasterChef Australia 2010 winner and Destination Flavour host, Adam Liaw is set to embark on a new food series that spotlights Malaysian cuisine - Adam Liaw's Heritage Kitchen.
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The upcoming cooking show will promote “Australia’s finest produce in cooking Malaysian dishes while showcasing Australia’s scenic regions to promote tourism destinations, and feature personal stories of Australian producers/farmers to support the cultural connection between Australia and Malaysia”, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The cookbook author and television presenter was awarded an AUD394,900 (RM1.18 million) grant funded.
The grants were given out to applicants whose projects support the government’s foreign policies and economic diplomacy interests and projects a positive contemporary image of Australia.
Liaw worked as a corporate lawyer for The Walt Disney Company before winning MasterChef in 2010. Since winning the popular reality cooking series, the father of three went on to publish several cookbooks and also regularly writes columns for Fairfax Media’s Good Food and The Guardian.
He is also known for hosting food-travelogue series such as Destination Flavour: Japan, Destination Flavour: Scandinavia and Hidden Japan with Adam Liaw.
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