Juri MasterChef UK Tweet Sindir Asal Usul Rendang, Ini Jawapan Balas Daripada Chef Wan

Sejak beberapa hari lalu, tular di media sosial mengenai isu yang sebenarnya tercetus jauh di negara orang, tetapi mendapat reaksi luar biasa daripada masyarakat di sini. Isunya tak lain tak bukan adalah kritikan 'kurang bijak' yang dibuat oleh seorang juri rancangan realiti masakan MasterChef UK, Gregg Wallace terhadap peserta berasal daripada Malaysia, Zaleha Kadir Opin.

Dalam episod yang bersiaran pada 25 Mac itu, Zaleha tampil dengan juadah tradisi orang Melayu iaitu Nasi Lemak yang dihidangkan bersama-sama dengan rendang ayam. Namun, Wallace tanpa rasa bersalah telah mengkritik rendang ayam tersebut sebagai tidak rangup pada bahagian kulit selain tidak boleh dimakan.

Tindakan Wallace yang disifatkan sebagai tidak sensitif dengan budaya masakan bangsa lain mendapat kritikan teruk daripada netizen hingga memaksa MasterChef UK menyekat akses kepada video episod tersebut yang dimuat naik di akaun YouTube mereka.

Namun, berbanding merendah diri memohon maaf, seorang lagi juri program tersebut, John Torode memuat naik satu tweet di Twitter yang dilihat sebagai menyindir kritikan yang dilemparkan netizen kepada mereka. Tindakan Torode itu menyebabkan chef terkenal tanah air,  Datuk Redzuwan Ismail atau lebih dikenali sebagai Chef Wan berang dan bertindak berkongsi pandangannya terhadap dua orang juri tersebut melaui akaun Instagramnya.

Maybe Rendang is Indonesian !! Love this !! Brilliant how excited you are all getting .. Namaste 🙏🏻 https://t.co/CThRmhaEAc

— John Torode (@JohnTorode1) April 2, 2018

''Saya jujurnya tidak dapat bersabar dengan sikap sombong yang ada di dalam diri seorang chef. Tidak kiralah dari mana sesuatu juadah itu berasal kerana bukan itu isunya.

''Tidak perlu menyindir mengenai asal usul sesuatu makanan kerana ia hanya menunjukkan kejahilan anda.

''Ia mengenai sikap kurang sensitif dan pada masa yang sama tidak menghormati budaya orang lain.'' kata Chef Wan

I honestly cannot stand this kind of attitude of being arrogant in a chef. Regardless of where the dish originated from obviously this is not the issue. Food for many centuries have travelled all over the world by inmigrants, invasion etc. For a chef who have visited our country and seen all this Rendang dishes being made i am shocked he didnt get that simple lesson!🤣 The thing about this issue John is simple. U both caused the bummer to start with. Zaleha i am sure was embarrassed by your incorrectly criticising her Nasi Lemak and Rendang and just appologise la ! Swollow your dam pride and stop showing your arrogant and ignorant behaviour! No need to be sarcastic about the origin of this dish and all that bloody namaste shit which only reflect your true stupidity. Its culturally insensitive likewise insulting too! Typical white thrash attitude. Lets get to the point here mate and stop beating around the bush! If i get that kind of smart comment in my Asian kitchen John u will be in my stock pot of Soto Ayam by now too!🤣🤣 By the way another lesson for u here Soto also originated from Indonesia! Do u have a problem with that?😜😡 @johntorodecooks

A post shared by chef wan (@_chefwan58) on Apr 2, 2018 at 10:59pm PDT

Melalui satu kemas kini yang lebih awal, Chef Wan juga turut berpendapat bahawa pihak MasterChef UK perlu memasukkan semula Zaleha ke dalam rancangan tersebut dan membuat permohonan maaf secara terbuka.

"Juri-juri itu bukan sahaja memalukan Zaleha, tapi merosakkan penyertaannya. Tak mengapa kalau dia kalah disebabkan oleh alasan yang betul, tapi itu tidak berlaku.

"Mereka sepatutnya memasukkan semula dia dan memohon maaf secara terbuka jika MasterChef UK ingin memulihkan kembali kredibiliti program itu," kata Chef Wan.

Ujarnya lagi, jika mereka tidak memahami dan tidak tahu mengenai masakan rendang, mereka sepatutnya tidak memberi kenyataan yang dilihat tidak wajar.

Chef Wan juga memberitahu bahawa dia sebelum ini pernah menonton rancangan kelelolaan Torode, John Torode's Malaysia Adventure yang dirakam di Langkawi. Katanya, di dalam rancangan tersebut Torode pernah menyediakan juadah rendang itik bersama seorang lelaki tempatan.

Justeru katanya, Torode sepatutnya lebih tahu dan menegur Wallace ketika dia membuat kritikan yang salah terhadap Zaleha.

"Dia (Torode) perlu cakap kepada Gregg untuk diam jika tidak pernah memasak rendang! Saya (Torode) pernah menyediakannya!" kata Chef Wan lagi.

A few days ago Kak Zaharah from London who is our NST writer asked me to watch on youtube the new Master Chef UK serie with our Malaysian cook Puan Zaleha preparing her Nasi Lemak and Rendang dish. She then asked my honest comment which many of u have read by now on NST and even Star online. Both judges with little knowledge on how prepare the dish had told Zaleha that her chicken rendang skin was not crispy enough, too much sauce sitting on it at the same time the meat didnt fall of the bones! They were also comment on the Nasi lemak and Sambal which i find to be all unfair comment and a bummer as both judges obviously does not know how the our signature dish should taste like much less how to prepare them. How can a dish which is stew or braised slowly for a period of time like their French Coq Au Vin the braise Chicken in Red wine? She not preparing Duck A L' Orange or Confit D Carnard either that need to have that crispy skin! Due to the wrong reason she was eliminated. Not only those two judges embarassed Zaleha but ruined her participation. Its ok if she lost to the rest for the right reason but its not the case. They should bring her in back again and sincerely appologise back to her in public if Masterchef UK need to restore back his credibility. Hai ya next time if John Thorode and Greg dont understand the dish better not say the wrong thing la. There no such thing as all Sambal has to be fiery hot and Nasi lemak must have less coconut milk and the Chicken Rendang does not belong there, nonsense and rubbish. Torode have filmed in Malaysia before and made Rendang with Kak Ani on his show anyway. Yes judging at Zaleha chicken dish visibily on the screen i must say she can cook it longer if she had the time.But not till it fall off the bloody bone Mr Torode! I was told by a friend this is the same guy that went to make Chili crab dish ke using a Rojak sambal paste on TV as a subsitute. Anyway in 2016 John Torode in his Msian Adventure TV serie went to Langkawi and make the Rendang Itik. Its on youtube does he remember how the dish is made. He should just tell Greg " Blind me shut up your mouth Greg if u have not cook a Rendang! I have made them !🤣"

A post shared by chef wan (@_chefwan58) on Apr 2, 2018 at 5:31pm PDT

Sumber : mStar