![]() ![]() “It was crazy, but I met some amazing people,” said Lum, who cannot share what her creations were just yet. The judges are Leah Cohen, Tiffany Derry and Graham Elliot. Hosted by Alejandra Ramos, each episode challenges the cooks to showcase two of their signature dishes as they compete to win the national search for “The Great American Recipe.” When the show airs, the cooks will display a wide variety of cooking styles influenced by their backgrounds - from Guyanese to Greek, Libyan to Lithuanian, Caribbean to Native American, Midwestern to traditional Hawaiian, according to PBS. Now I go places and people recognize me - it’s very humbling but so weird to have random people come up to me and say, ‘Hi, Relle, can I take a picture with you?'”Ĭompeting on a TV show is “a whole other ball game” as talented home cooks try to beat the ticking clock and out-cook one another in front of a panel of judges, she added. ![]() … Never thought I’d be on TV, never thought I’d be a social media-type of person. “My first reaction was, like, ‘This is a scam. Recruiters from “The Great American Recipe” sent her a direct Instagram message inviting her to audition for the show. She launched the blog and social media pages in 2019 to create a shared space for family members to access her recipes, but it has since grown in popularity. Some of her must-try recipes are posted on her “Keeping It Relle” website, including ube cheesecake, Hawaiian lomi lomi salmon and a three-ingredient kulolo. … I work a full-time job, I have this side hustle and kids and if I can still put together a meal and sit down with my family every night to enjoy, you can do it too.” “You know, back in the day people could sew, could cook, could change their own tire and oil and stuff like that, and nowadays it’s not as common. “I feel like cooking is kind of a lost skill set,” Lum noted. From a picky eater to a self-taught chef of fusion dishes, her passion is creating simple, easy recipes that inspire folks of all ages to cook at home and expand their palate.Ī recipe for lilikoi bars, created by Lum’s mother, is what the Wailuku cook is known for, but hamburger steak is her go-to savory meal - and sometimes with the addition of a fried egg and gravy for a traditional loco moco. Especially in Hawaii, you go family parties, everything’s a potluck, right, so we tended to be the dessert family.”Īs Lum grew up, got married and started a family, traditional Hawaiian food became a staple in her everyday recipes. “And so that’s kind of what got me really into baking. “So that was kind of our thing - Christmas, Halloween, all those kinds of stuff,” Lum recalled. She has fond memories of baking with her mother and being in charge of the desserts for family get-togethers and holidays. Lum was born and raised on Maui in a single-parent home. “I’m an emigrant, I was not born in Hawaii, but as soon as I moved here I felt so at home and I really embraced the land. ![]() “I wanted to take a humble, classic Hawaiian staple that everybody knows about and elevate it, and I’m all about using fresh ingredients and supporting local,” said Madame Donut, who impressed the judges with an ahi tuna musubi with crispy sushi rice. Episodes have been airing on Fox since May 24. Meanwhile, Madame Donut of Wailuku-based shop Donut Dynamite! has advanced to the next round of “MasterChef: United Tastes of America” Season 13, after receiving key votes in Episode 3 from judges Joe Bastianich, Gordon Ramsay and Aaron Sanchez. “All the time I tell people, ‘I’m not a chef, I’m a mom that likes to cook,’ and if I can do it, you can do it too.” “It was a really, really cool experience,” said Lum, who is a nurse practitioner, wife and mom of two young children. Lum of Upcountry, Maui will be seen competing against nine chefs beginning Monday in Season 2 of “The Great American Recipe,” a new “uplifting competition that celebrates the multiculturalism that makes American food so vibrant and unique,” according to PBS. ![]()
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