Home cook and food creative, Jessica Nguyen is on a mission to inspire people to cook, drink and throw parties at home for family and friends by sharing easy recipes.
While always obsessed with food, Jessica had spent 10 years in the beauty industry working in various marketing and PR roles, before being made redundant like many other Melburnians in March 2020 due to COVID.
Unprecedented times became an opportunity to finally turn her food passion into a new career, essentially ‘cooking’ her way out of the pandemic and building a full-time business.
Launching her first food product in November 2020, Jess delivered a chilli oil to use on everything along with her first recipe which was made by thousands, making the cult condiment a staple in the kitchen.
Whether you are an inspiring cook, a terrible cook who wants to get better, looking for inspiration for your weekly meals, or someone who wants to take their dinner party to the next level, Jess has some tips and recipes for you.
Teaming up with Bonne Maman, she delivers a quick and easy banana fritter recipe ideal to wow the family for breakfast on Australia Day.
Sure, you can make banana bread and pancakes with your over-ripe bananas, but these fritters take the cake – they can be whipped up in 10 minutes and are accompanied by decadent caramel sauce for dipping.
‘I’ve used Bonne Maman’s Caramel Sauce in the batter to make it sweeter and richer,” Jess explains. "You could eat these on their own, but dipping them in some rich caramel sauce definitely takes them to another level.”
They also go really well with vanilla ice cream…once you try, you’ll never go back to boring fritters again!
