Dato’ Zamzani Abdul Wahab , (born 19 April 1970) popularly known as Chef Zam is a

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Background and education

Chef Zam was born and raised in

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where he practised cooking in the kitchen with his mother since the age of 7 years old. He has a Diploma in Chef Training from

Universiti Teknologi Mara The MARA Technological University (Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mal ...

(UiTM) in 1993. After that, he worked as a chef in several hotels before pursuing an Associate of Science in Hotel-Restaurant Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Hotel-Restaurant/Institutional Management both from

Johnson and Wales University Johnson & Wales University (JWU) is a private university with its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded as a business school in 1914 by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales, JWU enrolled 7,357 students across its campuses in the fa ...

, USA. Chef Zam worked in New York for three years upon graduation. Then he returned to Malaysia and worked at

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since 1998. In 2003, he won a scholarship to study for a master's degree in Hospitality Management from

Thames Valley University The University of West London (UWL) is a public research university in the United Kingdom with campuses in Ealing, Brentford, and in Reading, Berkshire. The university has roots in 1860, when the Lady Byron School was founded, later Ealing Col ...

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. After two years there, Chef Zam returned to Malaysia and returned to teaching at KDU College.

Career

He served as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer before being promoted as Head of Special Projects at the renowned KDU College's School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts,

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from 1998-2010. During his 12.5 years tenure at KDU College, Chef Zam had led, organized and conducted numerous culinary-related events with students under his care. He appeared in multiple television productions such as ''Garam Gula'', ''Citarasa Selebriti'', ''Ole-ole Malaysia'', ''Serimas...Selera Dunia'', ''Aroma Selebriti'', ''Chef Selebriti Realiti TV'' (Suria TV,

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), ''Sajian Ramadhan 2008'', etc. As a prominent Celebrity Chef in Malaysia, Chef Zam had also served as the Brand Ambassador for Philips Malaysia, Heinz ABC, Harvey Norman (just to name a few) and currently attached to BOSCH Home Malaysia. Besides that, he is working with a myriad of well-known brands on special campaign basis. An avid foodie, Chef Zam always strives to have a better control of his TV show contents. To materialize that, he began producing his own TV cookery shows for local TV stations i.e. RTM, TVOkey and the likes. To date, he has successfully produced a total of 6 cooking series, two Telemovies and counting.

Honours

* : **

MY-TER Order of the Crown of Terengganu - Dato Paduka - DPMT

Knight Commander of the

Order of the Crown of Terengganu The Most Distinguished Order of the Crown of Terengganu (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Terengganu Yang Amat Mulia'') is an honorific order of the Sultanate of Terengganu. History It was founded by Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengg ...

(DPMT) – Dato' (2021)

References

Living people Malaysian chefs People from Terengganu Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian television personalities Malaysian television chefs Alumni of the University of West London Johnson & Wales University alumni 1970 births {{Malaysia-bio-stub