Exclusive: 'I'm glad I could bring Malaysian food to the attention of the British'

By Jerome Kugan

MasterChef UK contestant and Malaysian mum Ping Coombes talks exclusively to The Star Online about winning the TV show’s final cook-off.

Ipoh-born Catherine Chin Wan Ping, winner of MasterChef UK 2014, may be part British now, but her heart and stomach are one hundred percent Malaysian.

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