Bay of Plenty Times, Tauranga Bay of Plenty 28 Aug 2014, by Anita Moran General News, page 10 - 352.00 cm² Provincial - circulation 15,088 (MTWTFS-) Copyright Agency certified copy ID 304342000 PAGE 1 of 2 Nadia’s business venture is delivering success By Anita Moran Auckland, Wellington and “I just wanted to be able to [email protected] Hamilton and is now being help people and give them the education about eating healthy All eyes have been on Nadia launched in the Bay of Plenty. food.” Lim since winning the My Food Bag was developed She said she was stoked with MasterChef New Zealand crown by 2013 Young Entrepreneur of the reception the business has in 2011. the Year Cecilia Robinson received. The celebrity chef said she together with Lim and “I knew it would be popular was treated like a “rock star” prominent business leader but I didn’t expect it to be this wherever she went, with people Theresa Gattung. popular,” she said. wanting to talk to her and get Lim and Ms Gattung were in “We have had some amazing her autograph. Tauranga this week as part of feedback from people.” Since the show finished, she the Bay of Plenty launch, which has launched a cook book as My Food Bag well as a website and will soon they said was spurred on from feature on the New Zealand high demand in the region. ■ Delivers food weekly series of My Kitchen Rules as a A distribution centre ■ Three different options guest judge. creating one full time job and to choose from Lim said she got to eat some six part time jobs was set up just ■ Visit myfoodbag.co.nz for more information amazing food during the show. north of Matamata to service “I can’t give anything away the new catchment areas. though.” Local Bay of Plenty and She said she was now used to Waikato suppliers to My Food the attention she was given and Bag include Frank’s Sausages, said the influx of cooking shows Smokey Seafood and Harmony on TV had inspired people to Meats. Lim, who said she get back into the kitchen and frequently visited the Bay, said cook for their friends and the area was well known for its families. fresh produce. In addition to being a “I love the food you have in celebrity chef she was one of the Bay.” three women behind My Food Lim said the main focus of Bag, a company which delivers My Food Bag was to enable customers with food and people to eat healthy and recipes, aiming to take the nutritious food, without the stress out of cooking. stress of planning and shopping. The service has taken off in Akld ll d Bay of Plenty Times, Tauranga Bay of Plenty 28 Aug 2014, by Anita Moran General News, page 10 - 352.00 cm² Provincial - circulation 15,088 (MTWTFS-) Copyright Agency certified copy ID 304342000 PAGE 2 of 2 LAUNCH: Former Telecom boss Theresa Gattung and celebrity chef Nadia Lim launch My Food Bay in the Bay of Plenty. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER.