Within the framework of a working trip to Viet Nam as a Culinary Envoy of the US Department of State, Chef Christine Ha, the first blind contestant of MasterChef U.S and the winner of its third season in 2012, visited Da Nang and joined culinary exchanges there on Friday afternoon.

Chef Christine Ha (first, right) instructs the Da Nang trainees how to prepare a Thai dish. Photo: https://baotintuc.vn

At the exchange, MasterChef champion Christine Ha attended a cooking workshop, and interacted with 12 trainees of the Cocoon Project, a free training project in the food service industry for disabled and underprivileged people. Christine Ha guided the trainees, including five deaf students and another one with a leg disability, to cook some disches. The workshop was also attended by Chef Tuyet Pham, the runner-up of MasterChef Viet Nam 2015.

Ms. Natella Svistunova, Cultural Attaché of the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, said that Christine Ha is a chef of Vietnamese origin and she represented MasterChef US to make such a Viet Nam trip. Christine Ha is a testament to overcoming difficulties and the intersection of Vietnamese and US values.

In particular, the programme shared the success story of visually impaired US Chef Champion Christine Ha, a name that is no longer unfamiliar to the community of food lovers around the world.

The story about the first blind contestant to participate in the show MasterChef in the U.S has taken many people around the world by surprise.

Surpassing tens of thousands of contestants to become the champion of the third season of MasterChef US, Christine Ha not only convinced the judges but also show the world a fact that people with disabilities can make something great.

Chef Christine Ha, chef Tuyet Pham, the Runner-up of MasterChef Viet Nam 2015 with disabled and less fortunate trainees at the exchange. Photo: https://baotintuc.vn/

At the exchange, Cocoon trainees were instructed by Christine Ha to make Thai dishes, which made them very excited.

Christine Ha is also famous for her first cookbook, "Recipes from My Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food", which made its berth in the New York Times bestseller list.

Also, she has spoken about protecting the rights of people with disabilities at the United Nations, and was the host of the cooking show "Four Senses" in Canada, and was a judge for "MasterChef" Viet Nam and is currently managing 3 famous restaurants in the U.S.

Reporting by https://baotintuc.vn - Translating by A. THU