“Experience an enriched lifestyle through food culture.”  This is my belief and teaching which I have been sharing to students who attend cooking courses at my studio, “Culinary Hobby Class”.  Food is a gateway to a country’s culture.  With my international marriage to a Japanese husband, I strongly feel the responsibility of promoting Japanese culture through Japanese cooking to our local and non Japanese people and vice versa, to introduce our South East Asian and Chinese culture to all my foreign friends and students.

RADIO & TV PROGRAM:
Since 1991 till end of 2007, I had been having regular weekly radio programs on several different radio stations, namely NTUC Voice Radio FM1003 (Mandarin); FM 91.3 (English); MediaCorp radio stations: FM95.8 (Mandarin); FM97.2 (Mandarin); FM96.3 (Japanese), FM93.8 (English). Also from 1995 till end of 1997 on Singapore TV station Channel 8 (Mandarin), a weekly TV cooking program for 3 years.  Being the longest local Radio cooking program celebrity for 17 years and 3 full years on TV cooking program, through Mass Media, it was indeed a good opportunity to share my culinary knowledge to people from all angles.

MAGAZINES & PERIODICALS:
From time to time I contribute my recipes & food photos to Food Magazines.  Till March 2003 a locally published Japanese magazine gave me a monthly column to present my work.
For May 2003 issue of  ‘HER WORLD’ magazine I was featured on the topic of teaching to male professionals who learned & cooked for their wives on Mothers’ Day.

JUDGING FOOD COMPETITIONS:
For  4 consecutive  years from 1997 till 2000 I was invited to be a judge by the Singapore Chinese Restaurant Association to judge on their SINGAPORE GOURMET HUNT competitions.  Besides this, I'm often invited to judge FOOD COMPETITIONS by clubs, Peoples' Associations, schools, etc. Since 2007, I have been invited by “SIMPLY DINING”, a Food Directory for 3 consecutive years to be their panelist for food tasting at hotels, restaurants and eateries.

CONSULTANCY WORKS:
I also work as a Consultant with manufacturers on Food, developing recipes to suit to their products.  I am also involved in Project Consultancy  assisting owners of eateries for Menu setting advice & Taste Maintenance of the dishes.  Cooks are sent to me for training. For the past few years I have been invited to teach cooking in Indonesia on an exchange program.

FOREIGN GROUPS:
Besides teaching “GROUP DEMO WORKSHOPS” for local participants, I have been teaching foreign participants on ”HANDS ON WORKSHOPS” to individual and small groups from Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Turkey, Japan, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia and Philippines.

PASSION FOR TEACHING:
It has always been an exciting experience doing my food research globally.  While new fusion cuisine is added on each day, we must not forget to preserve the traditional flavours.  Besides working as an F&B consultant, teaching is my great passion. I am glad to have a platform to impart my culinary skill and to continue passing down traditional flavours & creating new dishes as well.  It is a great joy to see past students growing from “fear and ignorant” in the kitchen to “love and gourmet” in the kitchen and some even ventured into Food business or followed my footsteps to set up their own cooking studio with my blessings.  I am happy to be their initiator.

CATherina Hosoi 细 井明子
Principal & Founder of  “CULINARY HOBBY CLASS”,
Food Researcher, F & B Consultant.
APRIL 2010