Neighbourhood Chef 2

Neighbourhood Chef 2 () is a cooking competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast every Wednesday at 8:00 pm on Channel 8 in Singapore. Premiering 13 May 2015, Quan Yi Fong replaced Kym Ng as co-host. Mark Lee returns as main host in the second season. In celebrating the nation's SG50, contestants from different races and constituency come together to pit their cooking skills on a specific food ingredient of the week.

In each episode, hosts will shout out the show's slogan: In every neighborhood, there are neighborhood chefs ().

The show sponsor's are: Giant Hypermarket, Sealy and Cuckoo Singapore.

Recruitment Exercise/Audition

Episode No

Food Theme

Audition Date

Location

Celebrity Chef Judges

1

Crab

1 February 2015

Pek Kio Community Center

2

Chicken Wings

Bishan Community Center & Jalan Besar Community Center

Willin Low & Ho Tien Tsai

3

Pork Belly

15 March 2015

Queenstown Community Center

Daniel Koh & Sebastian Goh

4

Fish Head

1 February 2015

Pek Kio Community Center & Bishan Community Center

Pung Lu Tin & Eric Neo

5

Sotong

Jurong Spring Community Centre

Tan Yong Hua & Daniel Koh

6

Beef

Lotus Root

15 March 2015

Queenstown Community Center

Prawns

25 April 2015

Bukit Merah Community Center

Chicken

25 April 2015

Bukit Merah Community Center

Tofu

10 May 2015

Cheng San Community Center

Mushroom

10 May 2015

Cheng San Community Center

Duck

17 May 2015

Toa Payoh West Community Center

Vegetarian Ingredients

17 May 2015 & 24 May 2015

Toa Payoh West Community Center & Tanjong Pagar Community Center

Fruits

24 May 2015

Tanjong Pagar Community Center

Challenge

TV adverts will be broadcast around Singapore to promote each dish theme (2 dishes, e.g.: Cucumbers or Mango) and the location (Community Centers) for audition. Contestants will cook and prepare the dish at home and bring to the selected Community Centers for the celebrity chef judges for audition. After each audition only 4 will enter the finals for each dish theme.

During the finals, each episode's final 4 contestants will demonstrate on how to prepare the dish to the hosts and the 3 celebrity chef judges for critique. Each of the celebrity chef judge holds 25% of the total score, making it 75%. The other 25% of the scores will constitute from 10 residents living around Singapore. After tabulating the scores, the winner will take home $4,000 worth of cash and kitchen appliances and named the Neighborhood Chef. The other 3 contestants will walk away with $300 worth of kitchen appliances.

Episodes

Legend: Male   Female  

Episode No.

Challenge Location

Original air date {{Episode list

EpisodeNumber = 1

Title = Toa Payoh HDB Hub

OriginalAirDate = May 13, 2015

ShortSummary = Theme: Crab 螃蟹
Celebrity Chef Judges: Thomas Chai, Eric Teo, Ku Keung }}

Contestant

Dish name

Public Vote (25%)

Overall Result

Shen Yuquan 沈裕荃
Age: 58
Occupation: Housewife
Constituency: Bedok

Crab Cakes 蟹肉煎饼

2/10

Winner

Xu Zhaorong 许昭荣
Age: 46
Occupation: Chief Engineer
Constituency: Bukit Timah

Typhoon-Shelter Crab 避风塘炒蟹

5/10

2nd

Hajjah Roziah Adon
Age: 55
Occupation: Hawker
Constituency: Bedok

Butter Masala Crab 玛沙拉奶油蟹

0/10

3rd

Anna Tay 郑美英
Age: 71
Occupation: Dance Instructor
Constituency: Serangoon

Pineapple Crab 梨皇酱蟹

3/10

4th

Episode No.

Challenge Location

Original air date {{Episode list

EpisodeNumber = 2

Title = Hougang Central

OriginalAirDate = May 20, 2015

ShortSummary = Theme: Chicken Wings 鸡翅膀
Celebrity Chef Judges: Ho Tien Tsai, Ku Keung, Daniel Koh }}

Contestant

Dish name

Public Vote (25%)

Overall Result

Derek Ong 王书颍
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Constituency: Woodlands

Chicken Wings In Two Styles 鸳鸯鸡翅

1/10

4th

Huang Wenhui 黄汶晖
Age: 22
Occupation: Chef
Constituency: Toa Payoh

Taking Wings 展翅高飞

4/10

Winner

Monika Patel
Age: 28
Occupation: Housewife
Constituency: Eunos

Sweet & Sour Chicken Wings 酸甜鸡翅

0/10

3rd

Hu Yalei 胡雅蕾
Age: 77
Occupation: Housewife
Constituency: Tanjong Pagar

Smooth Sailing 一帆风顺

5/10

2nd

Episode No.

Challenge Location

Original air date {{Episode list

EpisodeNumber = 3

Title = Open space between Redhill Market & Redhill Food Center

OriginalAirDate = May 27, 2015

ShortSummary = Theme: Pork Belly 三层肉
Celebrity Chef Judges: Martin Woo, Charlie Tham, Thomas Chai }}

Contestant

Dish name

Public Vote (25%)

Overall Result

Li Yuzhen 李玉珍
Age: 34
Occupation: Executive
Constituency: Queenstown

Stewed Pork Belly with Red Wine 红酒炖三层肉

1/10

3rd

Chen Bilian 陈碧莲
Age: 63
Occupation: Retired
Constituency: Ghim Moh

Stewed Pork Belly with Red Fermented Beancurd 南乳炖三层肉

2/10

2nd

Chen Weishan 陈伟山
Age: 20
Occupation: Student
Constituency: Tiong Bahru

Pork Belly in Tomato Sauce 番茄三层肉

6/10

Winner

Xiao Xu 肖旭
Age: 32
Occupation: Business Translator
Constituency: Queenstown

Xiao Xiang Pork 肖香肉

1/10

4th

Episode No.

Challenge Location

Original air date {{Episode list

EpisodeNumber = 4

Title = Toa Payoh HDB Hub

OriginalAirDate = June 3, 2015

ShortSummary = Theme: Fish Head 鱼头
Celebrity Chef Judges: Eric Neo, Ku Keung, Edmund Toh }}

Contestant

Dish name

Public Vote (25%)

Overall Result

Catherine 周雪桂
Age: 43
Occupation: Market Surveyor
Constituency: Choa Chu Kang

Spicy Nyonya Fish Head 香辣娘惹鱼头

1/10

3rd

Luo Bili 罗碧丽
Age: 54
Occupation: Recycling Collector
Constituency: Hougang

Auspicious 好意头

2/10

Winner

Knotchomphoo Lob
Age: 51
Occupation: Chef
Constituency: Bishan

Fish Head Curry 咖喱鱼头

4/10

2nd

Ronald 黃国生
Age: 53
Occupation: Store Assistant
Constituency: Ang Mo Kio

Fish Head Sour Soup 酸汤鱼头

3/10

4th

Episode No.

Challenge Location

Original air date {{Episode list

EpisodeNumber = 5

Title = Toa Payoh HDB Hub

OriginalAirDate = June 10, 2015

ShortSummary = Theme: Sotong 苏东
Celebrity Chef Judges: Tan Yong Hua, Ho Tien Tsai, Daniel Koh }}

Contestant

Dish name

Public Vote (25%)

Overall Result

Xavier 罗翎财
Age: 46
Occupation: Self Employed
Constituency: Simei

Sotong Potstickers 苏东锅贴

0/10

4th

Wu Siangxiang 呉祥香
Age: 70
Occupation: Housewife
Constituency: Jurong West

Blossoms of Blessings 幸福花开

3/10

3rd

Zuraidah
Age: 40
Occupation: Housewife
Constituency: Woodlands

Satay Sotong 沙爹苏东

3/10

Winner

Alex 关亿丰
Age: 33
Occupation: Chef
Constituency: Kallang

Stuffed Sotong with Preserved Vegetables and Pork 梅菜肉碎酿苏东

4/10

2nd