The home cook who beat Gordon Ramsay


LETCHUMY N. Nagalingam is a kind woman with an unassuming personality.

One would never guess that the 62-year-old homemaker and babysitter from Subang, with a contagious smile and an amiable disposition, once took down British cooking juggernaut Gordon Ramsay more than 10 years ago in his cooking show Gordon’s Great Escape – Malaysia.

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