Simply Sarj

20/10/2026

Thanks to all who came to my first in-person fundraiser!

There was plenty of delicious homemade chai, sweet potato donuts and other pastries kindly donated by Bakers Delight at Newton 🫖

$10 from every donation this month is going to McGrath Foundation to support people with cancer. During my own cancer journey, the kind nurses from McGrath looked after me so gently.

This is my little way of saying thank you, and giving a bit back.

If you couldn't make it last Sunday, you can join my Bucket List journey to stay updated on future events: https://mybucketlistjourney.eo.page/23jyw

19/10/2026

Comfort Food week episode 2 ABC iview I made epic Sambal to add to my main dish of Mee Goreng and I have been cooking this dish almost daily since then 😊

We were also asked to create our favourite sandwich recipe. I chose to share my mother’s Roti Paratah (flaky roti) I made the dough from scratch 👏 I chose a pantry staple filling tin of sardines in tomato sauce cooked it with caramelised onions and added chopped cucumber and chopped red onions for the crunch. During my childhood and school lunches my mother would get up at 5am in the morning to prepare our breakfast and packed lunch boxes, which will contain her roti rolls with sardine filling. She was cooking for 11 of us 😱but I only made two for the judges to taste. My mum certainly was a Super woman and a legend and I am so blessed that I learned all this from her. 😇

Every contestant story touched our hearts 💕 CWA challenged us to make their famous scones and I was up for it because their technique was similar to what my mother in law thought me nearly 50 years ago back in Jersey in the Channel Islands. I’m so proud to have learned so much from the teachers in my life 🙏😇🫶

Finally someone had to go home!! We said goodbye to our beloved fellow contestant Loi. 🥹😢 sadly every week we’ll be saying goodbye to someone, so, stay tuned for episode 3 on Sunday evenings at 7.30 pm Recipe of The Year on ABC TV 📺
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15/10/2026

Only 8 donuts left for our first "Bucket list Journey" fundraiser!

Come and share a sweet potato donut, plus cup of chai with me.

🗓️ Sun 18 Oct
🕢 2:30pm - 4:30pm
💻 Tusmore Park (Stirling St, near tennis courts)

💌 Message me to RSVP!

Funds raised will go towards:

Raising cancer awareness and early prevention (from my own scare with cancer!) ➡️ $10 from every donation will go to McGrath Foundation (October's charity of the month)

Monthly "Pay It Forward" community projects ➡️ starting with feeding the staff at the Oncology ward in the Royal Adelaide Hospital

My second cookbook, starting with a story of "Longing and Belonging" journey back to my childhood in Malaysia and my family's recipes.

13/10/2026

I still remember him fondly 🥹

Feeding people is one of the simplest ways I know to say "you're not alone."

That's why I want to keep the "pay it forward" tradition which started at the Adelaide Central Market going.

For a donation, you can have a donut and cuppa chai at our first in-person fundraiser for breast cancer awareness!

🗓️ Sun 18 Oct
🕢 2:30pm - 4:30pm
💻 Tusmore Park (Stirling St, near tennis courts)

💌 Message me to RSVP!

Can't make it in person, but still want to support me in raising breast cancer awareness?

Donate to my online fundraiser instead ➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/simplysarj

12/10/2026

11/10/2026

Craving my sweet potato donuts? 🍠

For a donation, you can have a donut and cuppa chai at our first in-person fundraiser for breast cancer awareness!

🗓️ Sun 18 Oct
🕢 2:30pm - 4:30pm
💻 Tusmore Park (Stirling St, near tennis courts)

💌 Message me to RSVP!

P.S. these donuts also feature in the first episode of Australia's newest competition cooking show, Recipe of the Year Australia . Watch it on ABC iview or ABC Australia 7:30PM tonight!

10/10/2026

Support me in sharing my journey with Breast Cancer during this Breast Cancer Awareness month ⬇️ https://chuffed.org/project/simplysarj

How ironic it is that nearly two years ago I was on a shoot with these cute puppies for an advertisement for BreastScreen SA ...

And now I’m on my journey with breast cancer.

For my generation, you just don't talk about cancer.

You keep it quiet... and certainly don't put it on the internet!

But I'm already 68 and thought there was less harm in putting my story out there.

If talking about it means one person feels a little less alone, or goes and gets checked, or just feels able to say the word out loud, then I've done the right thing.

08/10/2026

Support me in sharing my journey with Breast Cancer during this Breast Cancer Awareness month ⬇️ https://chuffed.org/project/simplysarj

I thought there might not have been enough time, but my agar agar dessert set!

Now it's time to see what the judges Melissa Leong , Dan Hong and Mark Olive thought of it 💛

Make sure you follow me Simply Sarj for the final video to see if my dessert wins! (and to stay updated on the next chapter of my cooking journey with Cannoli Boss 😉)