Nadia Lim shares amazing update on new cookbook's raised funds for Women’s Refuge and Youthline

Publish Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 11:23AM

There's no denying cooking became the number one pass time while New Zealand was in its nationwide lockdown.

And Kiwi celebrity chef Nadia Lim was on hand to help, launching her own lockdown cooking show.

Sharing deliciously simple dishes with the kitchen staples we have floating around in the cupboard, it was no surprise Nadia's Comfort Kitchen was a total success.

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AWESOME NEWS!!! Just released the printed version of Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen the cookbook today! It’s only $19 and contains all the recipes from the TV show (and extra bonus recipes), BUT....what I’m super stoked about is the fact that 100 PERCENT (EVERY SINGLE CENT) of profits are going to charity, to @womensrefugenz and @youthlinenz (as they’ve experienced a big upswing in need due to the Covid crisis). My Food Bag has also kindly agreed to match the first $10,000 raised for @salvationarmynzfts Food Bank project🙌🙌🙌 So go on, you gotta gran a copy right?! Swipe right to see what’s inside... Let’s keep the love and positive vibes of the ‘cooking bubble’ we had in lockdown going!!! 🤙 Click on the link in my profile to order

A post shared by Nadia Lim (@nadialimcooks) on Jun 7, 2020 at 5:53pm PDT

Keen for that cooking to continue, the MasterChef winner and My Food Bag co-founder saw it as an opportunity to raise money for COVID-19-affected charities.

The 34-year-old decided to compile the recipes from the show into a cookbook, Comfort Kitchen Cookbook, with all profits going to Women's Refuge and Youthline.

Pre-orders were very strong, with more than $100,000 profit raised within the first 24 hours of launching.

But now the mother-of-two has updated fans with a total amount of money raised - and it is truly impressive!

Taking to social media, Lim shared a photo of herself holding up a sign that read: "High five cooking bubble! $405,000 we raised!"

Alongside the picture, she wrote: "WOWZERS!!!! Guys, I’m so proud of us (as you can see, so is my mum).

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WOWZERS!!!! Guys, I’m so proud of us (as you can see, so is my mum). Together, we have raised OVER $400,000 for @womensrefugenz and @youthlinenz with the profits from the Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen cookbook. This is going to help them immensely, especially in these times. The money is being transferred to them tomorrow....and....your books are also being bound and sent out! (The printers have been going at it all weekend). Well done again ‘cooking bubble’, it’s pretty awesome what we can do when we rally together😘 Ps. I also want to say a big thanks to my hubby Carlos put in so much behind the scenes for this xx

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"Together, we have raised OVER $400,000 for Women's Refuge New Zealand and Youthline with the profits from the Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen cookbook.

"This is going to help them immensely, especially in these times. The money is being transferred to them tomorrow....and....your books are also being bound and sent out! (The printers have been going at it all weekend). Well done again ‘cooking bubble’, it’s pretty awesome what we can do when we rally together.

"Ps. I also want to say a big thanks to my hubby Carlos who put in so much behind the scenes for this xx."

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