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pakistani: Pakistani chef spices up American cooking show “You want to go to university to become a bawarchi (cook)?” – This is the first reaction Fatima Ali, 22, would get when she would tell friends at a highly competitive school in Karachi about her aspirations to become a chef. While friends were applying to Ivy Leagues and Oxbridge, up to five or six universities at a time, Ali applied to just one; a culinary institute in upstate New York. While her mother supported her decision, her father, a well-known barrister in Lahore, initially urged her to apply to law schools instead, finally coming around after much persuasion. For 16-year-old Ali, there was no two ways about it – she started cooking at five and this would be her future. Single-minded in her goal, her stubbornness combined with passion eventually helped her win an episode of the reality cooking show ‘Chopped’ which aired on June 12 on The Food Network in the United States. (complete news) Follow us on Facebook | Twitter or Submit something or Just Ask!  Reppin’ the Motherland.

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Pakistani chef spices up American cooking show

“You want to go to university to become a bawarchi (cook)?” – This is the first reaction Fatima Ali, 22, would get when she would tell friends at a highly competitive school in Karachi about her aspirations to become a chef.

While friends were applying to Ivy Leagues and Oxbridge, up to five or six universities at a time, Ali applied to just one; a culinary institute in upstate New York.

While her mother supported her decision, her father, a well-known barrister in Lahore, initially urged her to apply to law schools instead, finally coming around after much persuasion. For 16-year-old Ali, there was no two ways about it – she started cooking at five and this would be her future.

Single-minded in her goal, her stubbornness combined with passion eventually helped her win an episode of the reality cooking show ‘Chopped’ which aired on June 12 on The Food Network in the United States. (complete news)


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    guys she’s so awesome
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    THAT’S CHEF FATIMA! I ROOTED FOR HER LAST NIGHT OMG!
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    I saw this episode last night! I was seriously clapping and screaming so loudly when I found out that she won. Get it,...
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    OH MY GOD I WAS WATCHING THAT EPISODE! AND I WAS LIVEBLOGGING IT OMG I KNEW I WAS ONTO SOMETHING!!!! she should battle...
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    PAKISTANIS ROCK! :D
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    Chopped is awesome. You are awesome.
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    Brown girl. Making oppressive food.
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    Reppin’ the Motherland.