MasterChef Scot Katy Tan began cooking journey aged 8 keeping her sister safe from severe allergies

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allergies, safe.The 26-year-old, from Falkland, Fife, who will appear on Monday’s MasterChef, became aware of ingredients in food because sibling Jenny, who is three years older, has life-threatening anaphylaxis.Katy said: “She’s allergic to diary, eggs, fish, nuts – there’s a whole range she can’t eat.

So growing up before it was fashionable to be intolerant to things or not eat diary, and shops didn’t have a free-from range, we had to cook everything from scratch every single day.“We weren’t able to eat out at restaurants or eat ready meals.“I was taught to be very, very careful about what we ate in the house, and how we cooked so nothing was contaminated.“I had to learn to cook for her and for the family very early on, which means I have.