SHAMSYDAR ANI is a Singapore-based photographer specialised in weddings, food and portraits. She is in love with cooking, creating magic in the kitchen. She finds joy in making cooking easy and fun for newbie cooks. She is on a quest to create a new dimension for Malay cooking, updated and simplified without compromising on the flavours at all.

Shamsydar shares and blogs about her about food journey on her blog, and often receives SOS messages from new cooks on these platforms. If ever discovered to be lost, she can be found in the cinemas crying to the latest chick flick or hiding in her room re-reading the Harry Potter series. If still lost, she is probably in the kitchen perfecting the recipe for fried chicken.