Lalu Surdiham, a chef working
in Lagos has emerged as the winner of the Knorr Taste Quest cooking
competition. It was a
grand finale filled with tension that could have been cut with a knife, as the
trio of Ifeyinwa Mogekwu, Lalu Surdiham and Patricia Allison got ready to
battle to become Nigeria's best.
Unfortunately for them, in a shocking and
surprising twist, the judges announced the comeback of Saratu and Gregory, the
last two contestants to be evicted from the show, thereby decreasing the
chances of the initial three. The battle
started with the contestants tasked with making an appetizer within twenty
minutes using Kpopo garri, Water leaf, Ikolo (worms) and Offili. It continued
with the main course, where the contestants had to create a sea food
delicacy using; Cat fish, Electric fish, Stock fish, Coco yam and Cassava. The
final task was to whip up a dessert, using; Guava, Dates, Agbalumo, Sugarcane,
Zobo leaves and Garri.
After the
judges’ deliberation, Manny, the show’s presenter announced Saratu as the 3rd
place winner, Patricia in 2nd place, and Lalu the winner of the competition.
Ifeyinwa and Gregory came in fourth and fifth place respectively.
The
third place winner went home with Five Hundred Thousand naira cash, and kitchen
equipments worth Three Hundred Thousand naira, while the second place
winner was rewarded with a cash prize of One million Naira, and Three Hundred
Thousand naira worth of kitchen equipments.
Lalu, as
the winner of the competition, went home with a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, One
Million Naira, kitchen equipments worth Three Hundred Thousand Naira and most
of all, the bragging rights to be called Nigeria's best.
Various
kitchen equipments such as deep freezers, refrigerators, gas cookers, gas
cylinders, pressure cookers as well as a cash prize of Fifty thousand naira
cash prize were also given to all twelve finalists of the competition. To
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