The Star - 31 Mar 2013

31 Mar 2013 - Local authors, Dr Kenneth Fong and Ms Goo Chui Hoong gets international recognition scoring a big win at the pretigious World Gourmand Cookbook Awards 2013. Just a couple of months after the launch of the "Food for Your Eyes" cookbook at the At 19 Culinary Studio, the Gourmand Awards Commitee e-mailed the school and urged us to submit the cookbook for nomination for the awards in the Health & Nutrition category.

Considered the Oscars of the food and wine publishing and broadcast industry, the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards is an international annual event recognising the best of culinary books and television shows. The other shortlisted cookbooks in this category were from Canada, Croatia, New Zealand, Sweden and Venezuela.

The Star - 25 Feb 2013

25 Feb 2013 - Malaysian cookbook wins at the 2013 Gourmand Awards. This is none other than the "Food for Your Eyes" cookbook co-authored by Dr Kenneth Fong (consultant ophthalmologist and retinal surgeon) and Ms Goo Chui Hoong (dietitian and culinary instructor at At 19 Culinary Studio). We are so proud of Ms Goo who teaches healthy cooking classes on request at our culinary studio. This was her first attempt in co-authoring a cookbook with her husband, Dr Fong and it was an effort well worth the praise.

The cookbook won the Best in the World Cookbook (Health & Nutrition category) at the renowned World Gourmand Cookbook Awards held in Paris, France on 23 Feb 2013.

"Food for Your Eyes" is more than a cook book as it also highlights basic facts about common eye diseases, including age related macular degeneration and how food can help to prevent or reduce the risk of blindness. The cookbook contains over 50 recipes from breakfast to dinner and desserts, all home-made recipes created, tried and tested by Ms Goo. Recipes are simple and easy to read. Instructions are easy to follow and it shows how eye-healthy ingredients can be incorporated into everyday meals.

The cookbook is retailing at RM39.90. If you would like to get a copy, do get in touch with us at 016-377 8236. If you would like Ms Goo to conduct a healthy cooking class for you, please e-mail us: at19culinary[at]yahoo.com.

New Straits Times - 9 Feb 2013



9 Feb 2013 - Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), the world's largest integrated provider of products and services for dialysis treatment, held a cooking competition hosted by At 19 Culinary Studio on 19 Jan 2013. This cooking competition was organised as part of FMC's CSR project aimed at creating a healthier society. Nurses and patients from 4 dialysis centres in Peninsular Malaysia showed off their cooking skills in "So you think you can cook? Wok it!" competition rivalling Masterchef Malaysia.

 

The cooking competition was monitored and judged by professional chefs, Chef Ryan Khang of myNourishment magazine, At 19's very own Chef Khai and FMC's MD, Mr Lim Shiow Shong. The cooking focused on healthy food for dialysis patients. As Mr Lim shares "Studies show that about 60% of dialysis patients suffer diabetes and hypertension due to unhealthy eating habits. Our average diet contains too much sugar, salt and fat". The cooking event ended with dinner and the launch of a cook book comprising recipes of dishes suitable for dialysis patients.

 

Everyone enjoyed themselves and the cooking competition also built teamwork and strengthen relationships amongst the nursing staff and patients. If you are looking at organising a cooking event or a CSR activity with a twist, you can call us at 016-377 8236 or e-mail at19culinary [at] yahoo.com.

Top Notch Places to Whip up a Meal - Oct 2012

Oct 2012 - At 19 Culinary Studio has been featured in a lifestyle magazine as one of the "Top Notch Places to Whip up a Meal" in Kuala Lumpur. We are humbled and proud to be one of the 4 cooking schools featured in the Oct issue of Kunang-Kunang magazine. We were featured together with top notch cooking schools like Lazat and Bayan Indah which are well established cooking schools in Kuala Lumpur. Thank you for making us your preferred cooking school to whip up a meal. Cheers!

Flavours magazine - Sept 2012

Sept 2012 - At 19 Culinary Studio was featured in the Sept 2012 issue of Flavours magazine. We are most pleased to be featured in Flavours which is Malaysia's premier food lifestyle magazine. We hope this feature will help to get the word out there and more people get to know about our cooking and baking classes. Many will be glad to know that we are conducting Teenagers' Culinary Boot Camps and Parent & Child classes during the upcoming Malaysian school holidays in Nov & Dec 2012. Hurry and book early as these classes are very popular. To view the classes, please go to our website at www.at19culinary.schedult.html and book online at www.at19culinary.booking.html

The Star - 7 Sept 2012

7 Sept 2012 - Food For Your Eyes Cookbook was launched at At 19 Culinary Studio today. This special cookbook highlights basic facts about common eye diseases and how food can help prevent or reduce the risk of blindness. The cookbook is co-authored by husband and wife team, Dr Kenneth Fong and Ms Goo Chui Hoong. Dr Fong is an ophthalmologist and retinal surgeon whilst Ms Goo is a dietitian. The book published by The Star Publications (M) Bhd contains over 50 delicious asian based recipes created by Ms Goo herself.

Ms Goo is a freelance culinary intsructor with At 19 Culinary Studio and she conducts healthy cooking classes.

At 19's Kitchen on TV - Astro and RTM1

Digi “Internet for All” advertisement and RTM1 “Chef Adik” Cooking Show

March 2012 – At 19’s kitchen was the backdrop in the latest Kids Cooking Show shown over RTM1 recently. At 19 Culinary Studio is proud to have been chosen to grace Chef Adik’s 1^st episode in the series of a kids’ cooking show. You will see At 19’s kitchen in episode 1 and 2 aired on 14 and 21 April.

June 2011 – At 19 kitchen’s first taste of “stardom” was the backdrop in Digi’s “Internet for All” advertisement aired in June 2011. Remember the macho gentleman baking pretty macaroons in a stylish kitchen!

See more photos in our Facebook at www.facebook.com/at19culinary

At 19 Culinary Studio in Magazines

At 19 Culinary Studio has caught the eye of several magazines which have featured us in their 2011 issues. We were featured in Natural Health in March, Parenthood in April, MamiBaby in May. Magazines like Prestige and Time Out KL also featured us in their May issues whilst Her World was in Dec. The MAS Inflight magazine, Going Places, featured our Macaroons class as one of the must-do activities when in Malaysia! Great stuff.