Nancy Lam (born in

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in 1948) is a Singaporean celebrity chef famous for her

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and television appearances.

Beginnings

Nancy Lam moved to

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, United Kingdom from Singapore at the age of 22. After originally training as a nurse, she gained popularity after catering for hotel guests and hosting regular barbecues for charitable events. Lam opened her own restaurant " Enak Enak" in Lavender Hill (A3036), Battersea, London SW11, in 1988. A major refurbishment of the restaurant took place between May and October 2004.

Media appearances

Following writeups in the London culinary press, Nancy's cooking show was one of the launch programmes on Channel 5 in 1997. Since then, she has been a regular guest on various cookery shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' This Morning''. She has also taken part in ''

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'', '' Big Brother's Big Mouth'', '' Hole in the Wall'', '' Saturday Night Takeaway'' and '' Let's Dance for Comic Relief''. Nancy also made a guest appearance in '' Big Brother 2010 (UK)'' to cook Thai food for the five remaining housemates. In an episode of ''Celebrity

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'' broadcast 18 September 2010, Nancy was supposed to take part but had to pull out and spectate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, Nancy Singaporean people of Chinese descent 1948 births Living people British people of Chinese descent Chinese chefs Singaporean chefs Singaporean emigrants to the United Kingdom Women chefs