Huda Al Sultan is a contestant on MasterChef Australia Season 11. She is placed 24th.
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Mother of three Huda hopes her rich cultural background will give her an edge against her competitors in the MasterChef kitchen this season.
Passionate about inspiring young women, Huda is involved with local schools, teaching mindful eating to teenage girls. She wants to see people connect with food in a positive manner, creating awareness of the body’s connection with food.
It’s a long way from Saudi Arabia, where Huda was born and raised. Married at 18, she had her first child, Renad, at 19 while completing a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Health Sciences at King Saud University in the nation’s capital, Riyadh.
Keen to work as a dietician in a hospital, Huda knew she needed to learn English, so she picked up and moved to Australia with her young family in 2007.
Settling in Adelaide she graduated with a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics from Flinders University four years later, during which she welcomed her son Mohammed.
The move down under was an eye-opening experience for Huda in the kitchen. She enjoyed wandering the supermarket aisles and local farmers markets, experimenting with the different produce on offer. Her cooking repertoire expanded with the move, and Huda admits her own children, including Sidra born in 2016, now eat very differently to how she did as a child.
Citing Yotam Ottolenghi and Nigella Lawson as her food idols, Huda says food has always been a way of connection for her, sharing recipes and traditional Middle Eastern cakes and slices with her friends.
She enjoys reading, drawing and socialising, and dreams of starting cooking classes which respect the tradition of Middle Eastern cuisines while embracing the impact of other cultural influences.[1]