Nadia Lim
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Nadia Lim, 2014
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| Born |
Nadia Rui-chi Lim 21 December 1985 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Education | Otago University |
| Occupation | Dietitian, chef |
| Style | Fresh and organic, health food |
| Television | New Zealand with Nadia Lim, My Kitchen Rules, MasterChef |
| Spouse(s) | Carlos Bagrie (m. 2012) |
| Children | Bodhi (son) |
| Website | http://www.nadialim.com/ |
Nadia Lim (born 21 December 1985) is a New Zealand born celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food writer and television personality. Lim is known as the self-proclaimed "Nude Cook" as an advocate of natural, unprocessed foods, and for creating healthy, nutritious recipes by putting a health focus behind real food, which is influenced by her background as a clinical dietitian.
Lim is of New Zealander and Chinese-Malaysian heritage and was born in Auckland, New Zealand to her mother (Julie Lim) and Malaysian Chinese father (Ken Lim). At six years of age she moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where she lived until 1998. She has since described her childhood experiences of living in two contrasting cultures as influencing her fusion cooking style of Asian and European cuisines.
Lim graduated from Otago University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Applied Science in Human Nutrition and Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics. She worked from 2008–11 for the Auckland District Health Board as a clinical dietitian, specialising in diabetes. She describes her recipes as healthy, being focused on moderation and using real ingredients. Lim believes that this is due in part to her background as a diabetes dietitian and understanding nutrition science.
Lim won the second series of MasterChef New Zealand, airing on TV One on New Zealand in 2011; the United Kingdom in 2012 on UKTV; and in the Netherlands in 2013.
In 2014 the Asian Food Channel commissioned an eight part television show, New Zealand with Nadia Lim, which was screened during primetime across 14 countries throughout Asia, to an audience of 130 million. The show was produced to increase awareness of New Zealand food and culture to Asian audiences. New Zealand with Nadia Lim was also aired by SkyTV's Food TV channel from August 2014 and TVNZ's TV ONE from November 2014.
Lim was selected as a guest-judge/sudden death or finalist's judging panel on the first series of My Kitchen Rules New Zealand which broadcast on TV ONE in 2014 and on TV TWO 2015. She was also a guest judge for Season 3 of Master Chef New Zealand.
Lim's first cookbook, Nadia's Kitchen, was released in 2012 by Random House and is focused on healthy original recipes.
In 2013, Lim released her second best selling cookbook, Nadia Lim's Good Food Cookbook. This book received runner-up at the 2014 International Gourmand Cookbook of the Year awards (Best TV Chef category).
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