Master Chef Christine Ha teaches visually impaired children to make pumpkin mooncakes

"When I knew I was going to teach disabled children (visually impaired children) how to make moon cakes, I was a bit worried. Because it is really not easy for visually impaired people to cook together. But I was still looking forward to and eager to teach them so that they would understand that, even though they are visually impaired, they can still cook," said chef Christine Ha.

Christine Ha guided the visually impaired children to make mooncakes with her own recipe, harmoniously combining American and Vietnamese ingredients such as pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, and cream cheese in the soft cake. "At first, the children were a bit shy, but then they became more comfortable. I think both me and the children had a lot of fun," the female chef shared.

The most difficult thing for blind children when baking is to find the location of the ingredients. The female chef guides them on how to arrange them in the most orderly way, and to distinguish them by smell. She constantly inspires and encourages the children to get into the kitchen despite their visual impairment.

Three children Hoang Minh, Minh Chau and Gia Linh burst into happiness when the pumpkin mooncake was completed. "The flavor is very unique, different from the combination of pumpkin", the three children shared.

In addition to the baking tutorial, Christine also participated in a discussion on the topic “Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities in Vietnam and the United States” and cooked with ethnic minority women in Ban Buot, Son La ; interacted with disadvantaged youth studying at the REACH Institute; and talked with the audience at the American Center on the topic “Overcoming difficulties in life to succeed”.

At the same time, Christine Ha also had a cooking demonstration at Cocoon, a vocational training center for street children and people with disabilities (PWDs) in Da Nang , a cooking demonstration with students from the Asia-Europe School organized by the US Meat Export Association. In addition, Christine Ha also participated in a talk with the PWD community from the Center for Research and Capacity Development for People with Disabilities at the US Center in Ho Chi Minh City, participated in a workshop and was a judge for a creative cooking competition with American chicken at Hutech University organized by the US Egg & Poultry Export Association.

Video : US Embassy

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