New Face 2012 Profile: Shine Koh

SHINE is a good cook who has been whipping up a storm in her family’s kitchen for the past five years.

She prefers a more flexible style of cooking, deciding on only the main ingredient and leaving the rest till later.

She said: “I think of the main ingredient first. Then two to three hours before I start cooking, I head to the supermarket to see what garnishing and marinade to use.”

Her family is very supportive of her and loves her culinary skills.

Smiling, she admits: “It encourages me to cook more often because my first cooking experience was bad – I added too much salt.”

Although she picked up cooking only after her GCE A levels because she had free time, as a young girl, Shine loved watching her mum in the kitchen.

She was fascinated by the fact that simple ingredients could be combined to whip up a complicated dish.

Shine feels that cooking has brought her family closer together because they have meals together more often.

Clothes: Levi's
Make-up: Clinique