Like Nigella Lawson and Martha Stewart, Lynette Foo is not a trained chef although she is a passionate foodie. Lynette chose the chef profession as part of her high school career experience and spent one week working in the kitchens of the famous Summit Restaurant in Sydney, Australia. That week turned out not quite as disastrous as she had predicted and she actually did well enough for the Executive Chef to consider her for an apprenticeship. When it came to career choices, Lynette pursued a career in Accounting & Finance more out of the fact that she received a scholarship to attend university rather than for her love of all things analytical. However, throughout her corporate career, Lynette’s passion for cooking and food continued to grow as she traveled the world. She started to amass a sizable collection of recipes and never stopped entertaining her family and friends wherever she set up home. After working more than 12 years in the corporate world in Australia, Asia and Switzerland, she decided to follow her true passion and in January 2005, Palate Sensations was born.
Lynette’s cooking has been heavily influenced by her family while growing up in an Aussie household and from her travels around the world. Lynette’s philosophy on cooking is that it should be fun, simple and fuss free. Lynette believes everyone can cook - it just takes a bit of practice. She encourages everyone to learn how to cook as it is a skill that will stand them in good stead and the benefits last a life time.
In 2006, realising that interest in food and cooking classes were growing in Singapore, she decided to search for and build a dedicated cooking studio to better facilitate the classes which are always conducted on a hands on basis. Taking a back seat to teaching, she now works with a team of ever changing chef instructors who bring their international and local culinary expertise to the school. Lynette now focuses on the PR, Marketing and Business Development side of the business. Epitomising the modern, sophisticated woman, her aim is to bring together a wide range of cuisines and make them accessible to all who love to cook or eat by showing them how easy, fun and fuss free it is. Her clients embody her image and are mainly professional working men & women and large multinational corporations who engage Palate Sensations for corporate team bonding events and private functions.
Lynette was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but grew up in Sydney, Australia. She is an Australian citizen and a permanent resident of Singapore. She graduated with an Accounting degree from University of New South Wales, Australia and has an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. Lynette is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.
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