Search for the Next Big Chef Popular competition in Sarawak now looking for participants from the Klang Valley
USCI University has decided to bring The the finalists had to cook a threecourse meal Next Big Chef (NBC), its popular cooking using mystery ingredients within twoanda competition for secondary school students in half hours. Sarawak, to the Klang Valley and is now This year, USCI decided to bring the calling for submissions. excitement to the Klang Valley to offer young The competition, which has drawn huge aspiring chefs the opportunity to take part in interest among students in Sarawak since the exciting event. 2013, saw more than 100 teams participating The NBC is open to students in Form Four last year. and Five, with each team comprising two UCSI's Kuching campus Culinary Arts students. Each school is allowed a maximum Department head Christopher Wan Sageng, of two teams. USCI said it expected to said UCSI wanted to help budding chefs accommodate 40 teams. further their career. The preliminary rounds will begin in early "We started NBC five years ago and April and the grand finale will be held on organise it annually. The response has July 8. always been fantastic, and we want to All events relating to NBC will take place at channel this interest in cooking to the UCSI campus in Cheras. professional careers by offering bursaries as Participants will face challenges to test prizes," he said. their skills and creativity in ingredient Participants stand a chance to win preparation, meal preparation, taste tests attractive cash prizes and UCSI bursary and signature dish presentations. Time and worth up to RM36,000. financial management are also factors that Competing in teams of two, budding chefs will be looked at. in this competition have to pit their skills For details on NBC, visit www. against each other and impress the ucsiuniversity.edu.my/nextbigchef or call professional judges. 0391018880 or email erm@ucsiuniversity. In the competition in Kuching last year, edu.my. Judges chef Thomas Schmid (left) from Borneo Convention Centre Kuching and MasterChef Asia finalist Jasbir Kaur, evaluating one of the contestant's dishes.
The winning team for the competition in 2015 receiving their mock cheque from Jasbir (right).