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LILLIE GIANG MY BLUE TEA CHEF PROFILE Lillie Giang Lillie was set to be a chef from the moment she was born. Her family were all dedicated foodies in Vietnam. Food was worshipped, adored and highly respected in her family. She grew up living, breathing and of course, eating dishes that were skillfully whipped up. It was Lillie's father and maternal grandmother who taught her precious lessons in eating, cooking and naturally, living well. When a child grows up learning the fine art of cooking from people who are near and dear to them, the child naturally develops a genuine love and talent for food and cooking Lillie Giang The Food Affectionist ¨My philosophy around food has never changed. Keep learning (I’m a forever student), never stop cooking and always give back with abundance.¨ Eating to the Moon and Back My Blue Tea is always on the lookout for chefs and food enthusiasts who share our values of eating natural, healthy food that is not only exciting to the palate but also enticing to the eyes. With each chef we meet and know, we learn so much more about the rich art of cooking. Each chef invites us to their own unique world of textures, flavours and most importantly, culinary stories that inspire. Special festivals always have special foods and the Mooncake Festival is one where we love drooling over gorgeous mooncakes that are rich with flavours, textures and colours. Lillie Giang is the chef who is bringing our Blue & Pandan snow skin mooncakes to life. We first saw her ¨giveaways¨ on her Facebook group by various brands and companies and we got curious enough to approach her with My Blue Tea's range of superfoods and natural products . Lillie was absolutely lovely and so quick at making decisions! We had a little chat and it was clear what she wanted. Lillie was very open to learning about and experimenting with new ingredients so we immediately sent her heaps of Superfood Powders, Blue Teas and Latte Powders for her to get her magical hands into and to share with her team of enthusiastic cooks and bakers. When it comes to food, a vital ingredient to enjoy it is simply to share it. No foodie or chef in the right frame of mind would ever hoard food for themselves. The joy of cooking comes from not just the process of making the food but also from having the opportunity to share with family, friends and even people we do not know (yet)! Cheering Melbourne during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown ​It was sometime in October when Lillie contacted us and said that the Chinese Association of Victoria wanted to make a Mooncake Festival video of her making mooncakes. Due to the lockdown in Melbourne, a lot of festivals had been cancelled and the city was really missing the festive mood, and very much in need of cheering up. ​ Lillie was more than happy to do it and she wanted to bring out the gorgeous shades of blue with the texture of snow skin for her mooncakes. Blue is an extremely pliable and exciting colour to work with in food as it offers such a rich palette of shades and tones. Depending on the thickness of the coconut milk you use or if you use water, the shades change and it is very much like being a scientist in a laboratory. You never know what you are going to get when you mix different liquids together with the butterfly blue pea powder. It is great fun as long as you approach it with curiosity and throw rigid expectations out of the window. Especially with so many cities around the world in lockdown, the last thing we want is to impose monotony on all aspects of life. With a simple mix of butterfly blue pea powder and a liquid, your kitchen can absolutely come to life with a variety of shades. Just imagine - no two mooncakes look alike! And they do not have to! No more standard colour and design. Life can be exciting. Deliciously so! ​ As it was such short notice, we could not send our products by normal post, and what with lockdown restrictions, we knew the Australian post could not get things out as quickly as before. We took a chance and decided to Express Post My Blue Tea's products to Lillie. It was a rather nail-biting time as we really hoped the products could get to Lillie in time. Unfortunately, My Blue Tea's parcel did not arrive. One important lesson all cooks learn and which we apply to our daily lives is to quickly improvise. That literally is no use crying over spilt milk and when a recipe goes wonky or if we are missing an ingredient, we try our best to improvise and salvage the dish. ​ So we quickly moved on to Plan B. We called Roger Yeo, the proprietor of Lion City Asian Grocery in Mt Waverley. We explained to him our situation and luckily for us, Mr. Yeo was such a lovely, generous soul he agreed to assist us. Lion City Asian Grocery stocks My Blue Tea's products and he actually personally delivered My Blue Tea products to Lillie. We were so grateful for his help. Finally Lillie could get our products to make her beautiful snow skin mooncakes. We feel proud that Lillie had chosen to use My Blue Tea's products for her mooncakes - an age old traditional recipe that requires skill and patience. Lillie was set to be a chef from the moment she was born. Her family were all dedicated foodies in Vietnam. Food was worshipped, adored and highly respected in her family. She grew up living, breathing and of course, eating dishes that were skillfully whipped up. It was Lillie's father and maternal grandmother who taught her precious lessons in eating, cooking and naturally, living well. When a child grows up learning the fine art of cooking from people who are near and dear to them, the child naturally develops a genuine love and talent for food and cooking. It is clear when you look at Lillie that she has been nourished from the inside out growing up - her sunny smile is the first thing that strikes you about her. There is something open, inviting and honest about her that welcomes you into her space. For Lillie, her love of life is intimately connected with her love of food. And we understand Lillie when she says that food connects her to people and takes her around the world and gives her purpose. Food has connected Lillie to us, and in turn that continues to connect all of us to foodies in her circle and in My Blue Tea's circle. And it is a joyous connection we all have, food unites and never divides. All true-blue chefs and foodies are eager to learn and share and tomorrow is always a great day to look forward to, for more food experiments and sharing good food with family and friends. Lillie Giang https://www.thefoodaffectionist.com.au/ We clicked with Lillie because we share the same philosophy of giving back with abundance. That is how life continues! Lillie has had a rich career as a chef, coach, educator and presenter. It is important for her that cooking is not an exclusive arena available to only a chosen few. In fact, what drives her is the goal to make cooking available to many, to make it affordable, sustainable and fun! Lillie lives and breathes her values of sharing wholesome, quality food with people and making connections wherever she goes. She is a guest presenter on The Cooks Pantry (Channel 10) and My Asian Banquet (Channel 7). She is also an advisor and in-store pop-up presenter for several well-known supermarkets and shopping centres. And if that is not enough to keep her busy and satisfy her craving to share amazing food, she also works actively with NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) students and their families to help make food accessible by teaching them how to prepare and cook food, all true to her values of making food accessible, fun and making a difference in people's lives. And Lillie does not stop there. At weekends she is eagerly sharing her love of food and culture with other enthusiastic foodies at some of Melbourne's largest indoor and outdoor food festivals and events. We take our hats and aprons off to Lillie for making her 24 hours stretch across the week to give back to the community all her knowledge, experiences and most importantly, love for cooking! ​ We love how Lillie is experimenting with My Blue Tea´s products to create new flavours, textures and colours. We are so driven to do what we do because, quite simply, food is exciting! If this gets you inspired, why not try out some culinary experiments of your own with My Blue Tea's range of superfoods and powders ? You never know what you are going to get! Keep an open mind and stay curious! Bring out the Lillie Giang in you! ​ Download recipe for this elegant, exquisite butterfly blue pea snow skin mooncake. Blue and Pandan Snow Skin Moon Cakes Fit for eating on the moon! Made with love by Lillie Giang. Pandan Coconut Lillie Muffins Made with My Blue Tea's Pandan Powder, they're simply over the moon! Lillie Giang's Vietnamese Noodles Have you tried this with My Blue Tea's Kaffir Lime Leaves Powder? Lillie's Hot Cross Buns Add My Blue Tea's Pandan Powder for enhanced flavour and fragrance The BIG cook show Moon Cake Recipe Blue Recipes Shop Online Buy Direct Trade Enquiries Lillie Giang

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MY BLUE TEA CHEF PROFILE Zaleha Olpin ​ Zaleha Olpin may have gotten controversial attention as the MasterChef UK Contestant who was (unfairly) eliminated because the judges viewed the humble chicken rendang as a dish that had to be crispy. That is nothing more than a highly personal opinion of the judges, but for Zaleha, she knew better, she had her entire culture and tradition which she has lived behind her, and she trusted her own experience of the dish. ZALEHA OLPIN Zaleha Olpin The Rendang Victory ¨I want to share my passion and love for Malaysian food with people around the world. Food is how we connect with each other in Malaysia.¨ The Rendang Controversy Zaleha remembers rendang as the first thing her mother cooked for her then-boyfriend-now-husband when she first brought him home to meet her parents (lucky husband!). Zaleha even had fond childhood memories of the dish. She used to save up pocket money on Fridays as a child so she could buy the dish from a special stall outside her school that sold the best nasi lemak (served with rendang). That was how precious that dish was to Zaleha. In those days, rendang was a luxury. ​ To have been so unfairly eliminated in the competition after having worked so hard to get to that point was not easy to stomach for Zaleha. Her feeling of utter disappointment was not about being eliminated and not winning. What gutted her was the lack of appreciation of all the hard work she put into the dish, and the helpless feeling in the face of the unfortunate ignorance of those trusted to be culinary experts on the programme. Ultimately, it was a blow because Zaleha was hoping her efforts on MasterChef could help boost Malaysian cooking in the UK. Vital Ingredient for Victory Looking at all that had happened, one could say Rendang was an important ¨ingredient¨ in her early days, and it was also the key that turned her career around and catapulted her to where she is now. Instead of stewing away in the Rendang Controversy, she chose to do a turnaround. She was on her way to The Rendang Victory. For My Blue Tea, we see Zaleha as way more than just ¨That Rendang Lady¨. While her controversy may have brought her into the limelight, it has turned out to be just the push she needed to trust her innate passion for cooking and publish her very first cookbook, (and we LOVE the title) ¨My Rendang Isn´t Crispy and Other Favourite Malaysian Dishes ¨. Yes, we admire Zaleha´s culinary skills but we also absolutely dig her sense of humour and the way she came back with a crispy bounce when she could have allowed The Rendang Controversy to floor her. A common characteristic running through all of My Blue Tea´s Chefs is how good-humoured, upbeat and tenacious they all are to overcome their own personal challenges to be the successful chefs they are today. All of them faced difficult situations where it would certainly have been much easier to step back and give up. We are so glad they believed in their passion for cooking, and they all pressed on. And are here to share their amazing culinary experiences with the world. Zaleha´s book eventually won the World´s Best in the Celebrity Chef category in the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2020. That is no mean feat. This is a huge step from letting the judges´ criticisms be a death sentence on her passion and career. A Sizzling Success The Rendang Controversy aside, Zaleha´s Culinary CV is absolutely mouthwatering and highly impressive. She has collaborated with top organisations such as the W Hotel Kuala Lumpur, ASDA, Rajah, Cookpad, the University of Bristol, The Great British Food Festival, Waitrose, 91ways and the London Muslim Festival and she is also part of the UK Sainsbury´s Taste Makers team. (Where does she find time to do all that?) Zaleha was even invited to cook with the previous UK High Commissioner to Malaysia, Her Excellency Victoria Treadell, in 2018 as part of a gastrodiplomacy session. Home is still Best In spite of having lived in Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and Australia, Zaleha remains very much a Malaysian girl at heart. She has spent more than twenty years abroad which has given her the much-envied advantage of becoming well-versed in international cooking. In spite of that, her traditional roots lovingly embedded in her by her mother who taught her how to cook traditional Malaysian dishes continue to flourish. Her mother was her biggest influence in her cooking. This is truly authentic cooking passed down through the generations. Zaleha does not whip out her international ¨tools¨ when family or guests come around for a meal. It is traditional cooking that she feels most authentic and natural with when it comes to pampering loved ones at home with her cooking. While it may sound exciting and romantic that Zaleha was living around the world as she followed her husband on his globe trotting, homesickness is a very real challenge for Zaleha. In some countries, it was next to impossible to find decent Malaysian restaurants. As they say, necessity is the mother of all inventions. Zaleha found a way to ease her homesickness and craving for food from home by building up her own passion for cooking and sharing to-die-for traditional Malaysian dishes with everyone. Just Keep Cooking Today, Zaleha lives in Bristol with her husband and youngest daughter and she is the owner of the incredibly successful Malaysian KitchenUK Supper Club. She often hosts supper clubs and pop-ups around the country and if there is a food festival somewhere, you are very likely to spot Zaleha doing a food demo there. And like pretty much all our other My Blue Tea Chefs, Zaleha has an insatiable thirst to do more and more gastronomical activities. She is also the founder of That Rendang Lady selling authentic anti-homesickness Malaysian products like Rendang and Sambal Paste. ​ She may not have imagined being at this point in her life when she was first learning the ropes from her mother in their kitchen at home as a little girl. Zaleha has much to be proud of. She used to work as an accountant at Petronas and she has certainly made a 360 degree turnaround in her life since then. A mark of a maestro is also their passion to share their knowledge with others, and Zaleha has a generosity of spirit which brought her to teach Malaysian cooking at a local cookery school. And as if that is not enough, Zaleha wants to reach out to even more people (i.e. the entire world!) so she is starting her own YouTube channel to share with people how special Malaysian food is and how it is enriched with flavours and textures because of its multicultural setup. Malaysian Rendang Paste If you are the lucky ones in the UK you are able to purchase a little taste of Malaysia! Nasi Kerabu A blue classic! That Rendang Victory We LOVE Zaleha's recipes AND her sense of humour Blue Bread with Butterfly Pea Powder A feast for the eyes and stomach with the inclusion of Blue Butterfly Pea Powder Sour Plum and Jackfruit Latte Layer Cake Chef Zaleha infused our Jackfruit Latte powder into her layer cake Sharing a Global Passion And of course, we love working with chefs who share our passion for sharing good food and it was great fun for us to send Zaleha My Blue Tea´s superfood powders and see what she would whip up! So if you want a taste of a truly sedap recipe infused with true-blue Malaysian flavours, check out Zaleha´s dishes she created using our jackfruit latte powder and butterfly pea powder . ​ We believe good food is to be shared, and food tastes even better when shared. So be sure to keep your eye on this page, we are always on the lookout for chefs to get to know and who believe in the power of food to bring people together from all over the world! Zaleha's recipes Shop Online Buy Direct Trade Enquiries Zaleha Olpin

MY BLUE TEA CHEF PROFILE Catherine Teo Catherine had been a qualified nurse for 27 years before she decided to drop everything and follow the call of her heart - she became a patisserie chef! ​ Now Catherine lives and works in Melbourne as a pastry chef. Follow her Facebook page Cat's Bakery Creations and get that saliva flowing! Catherine spends a good part of her time on baking for charity, so while you may not get to order her lovely creations from her Facebook, she is always open to charity opportunities and sharing beautiful food with people is something to feed one's soul as well. CATHERINE TEO Catherine Teo Daring to Change…for a Sweeter Future Every chef we meet has got an amazing story to share. It is never just about someone who likes food or likes to cook. We have heard so many inspiring stories of how each chef got to where they are now. These have been inspiring food for thought and for My Blue Tea, being connected to culinary experts from all over the world is is also a wonderful motivation to keep doing what we do. These are all people who trusted in their vision to share amazing, healthy food with others and we get such a thrill when chefs experiment with our superfoods and beautiful dishes emerge as a result of this marriage between their skills and our ingredients! So here's food for thought: What does one do after spending 27 years in a qualified profession and finding that this is really not making one jump out of bed every morning? Chef Catherine took the plunge and dared to change. And she is certainly not looking back. Her change has led to a far sweeter future that is making her love every single minute of her life. Chef Catherine's love for baking knows no bounds, resulting in beautiful So here's food for thought: What does one do after spending 27 years in a qualified profession and finding that this is really not making one jump out of bed every morning? Chef Catherine took the plunge and dared to change. And she is certainly not looking back. Her change has led to a far sweeter future that is making her love every single minute of her life. Out of her Comfort Zone Catherine had been a qualified nurse for 27 years before she decided to drop everything and follow the call of her heart - she became a pattiserie chef! Talk about leaving one's comfort zone! Her passion drove her to bake any chance she got - she taught herself from recipe books, YouTube and just rolling up her sleeves and getting her hands deep into her ingredients. In 2015, Catherine took one step further. Learning on her own was no longer enough. To take her dream towards reality, she decided to train as a professional pastry chef in Melbourne. She successfully completed her Certificate 3 and Certificate 4 in a patisserie course and she received her Diploma in Hospitality Management course in 2017. ​ A gorgeous no-bake Blue Butterfly Lemon Cheesecake Growing Healthier Making that scary change was the best thing Catherine did for herself, and we are glad she did it as we can now all enjoy her delicious creations! As in any art, all artists strive to grow and improve. Catherine is moving into exploring healthy baking with natural ingredients. My Blue Tea loves collaborating with chefs from all backgrounds who share our passion in healthy eating that is also exciting! Catherine has created several new recipes using My Blue Tea's superfoods ingredients. Now Catherine lives and works in Melbourne as a pastry chef. Follow her Facebook page Cat's Bakery Creations and get that saliva flowing! Catherine spends a good part of her time on baking for charity, so while you may not get to order her lovely creations from her Facebook, she is always open to charity opportunities and sharing beautiful food with people is something to feed one's soul as well. If you are inspired by Catherine's self-made pastry chef career path, why not try out some of her beautiful recipes yourself? Read here for a recipe using My Blue Tea's Blue Butterfly Pea Powder and Red Roselle Powder - Butterfly Pea and Roselle Yoghurt (the most power packed healthy breakfast you can have). And perhaps after this, you may also be inspired to relook at your career and ponder how you can make your future sweeter! A stunning and healthy breakfast recipe for you courtesy Chef Catherine using both Blue Butterfly Pea Powder and Red Roselle Powder Want more? ​ Looking to make your own culinary creations? Then check out the My Blue Tea Blog and TV Channel for gorgeous recipes created by chefs from the world over! Blue Recipes Shop Online Buy Direct Trade Enquiries Catherine Teo Jackie's Recipes

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MY BLUE TEA THE BOUTIQUE STORE FOR UNIQUE SUPERFOODS Sustainability By buying our Superfoods, you are supporting and empowering women via our Farm to Consumer and Soil to Plate initiatives. Learn More My Blue Tea is an advocate of sustainable farming practices and we work closely with our farmers across the Australasian tropical belt to ensure we have a year long supply of premium seasonal flowers. We visit our farmers regularly and are constantly seeking to improve with a view to long-term environmental, business and community sustainability. ​ Together with our farmers we have developed quality standards and unique farming techniques. Our Butterfly pea plantations do not use pesticides or chemicals and with our farmers, we have also developed ways to inter-crop butterfly pea with moringa, rozelle, black rice and various plantations with longer-term yielding crops. ​ This helps sustain farmer’s with a steady income and therefore community stability. If you need a good reason to buy from My Blue Tea , here’s 10! Our Blue Tea is harvested fresh daily; directly on our doorstep, to provide fresh indigenous blue butterfly flowers. We use Cellular Fraction-Line Technology. (an evolutionary premium freeze dry process) which provides the strongest natural concentration while keeping the cellular and molecular structure of the blue butterfly flower intact. This provides a high level of bioactivity. You are not drinking a mild infusion and then throwing the flowers away. You are ingesting the entire edible flowers to provide maximum benefits. Aqueous ozone anti-microbial treatment reduces plate counts and kills microbes without damage to healthy ingredients. Porous particle structure as a result of CFL creates blue butterfly flower powder that is highly soluble, dissolves fully and provides higher bioavailability. Low moisture content keeps the dried powder stable with a 2 year shelf life. There is a high natural concentration of the flowers due to elimination of the water content provides benefits with a very small dose. No waste. There is no loss of raw materials or steeped tea that might degrade and have to be thrown away. Avoid exposure to excessive heat such as in boiling the flowers to steep the tea. Make in ice cold or warm (drinking temperature) water to preserve anthocyanin antioxidants and other vital thermo-sensitive ingredients. We support sustainable agriculture that encourages bringing the blue butterfly back from the brink of extinction. Shop Now My Blue Tea works with our farmers through Australasia to bring you the finest, sustainable product.

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