Christine Ha, the winner of US MasterChef 2012 is visiting Vietnam at the invitation of MasterChef Vietnam TV Show, according to BHD Media Company, the show’s producer.

On February 21, she attended an event introducing the show to the local press at the special kitchen designed for the show in BHD film studio in Ho Chi Minh City .

The day before, Ha made her appearance at a MasterChef Vietnam filming session.

MasterChef Vietnam is the Vietnamese version of MasterChef television cooking game show which first appeared in the UK in 1990 and quickly became a global phenomenon. It has been produced in 35 countries and broadcast in more than 200 countries and territories.

The Vietnamese show includes twenty episodes and will be broadcast at 8pm every Friday evening on VTV3 channel as from March 8, 2013.-VNA