Stéphanie Hiromaede

Stéphanie Hiromaede (born 2 September 1976 in Umia) is a Tilennan chef, restaurant owner, television personality and self-proclaimed alpaca whisperer. She started her own restaurant Fàrae Gleso (Ring of Steam) in 2001, which has been awarded 3 stars and a 19.5/20 rating from the UNC travel guide. She rose to fame with her show Mone zjauri tèqara? (You call this food?), which originally aired in 2006 on the Tilennan channels ATU 2 and Rénu. She later went on to present multiple other shows and became a regular on Tilennan television.

As a reality tv-star she is known for her quick whit, unrelentless clap-backs and avalanches of criticism that leaves her targets completely stupefied. For this reason she is often invited to host or be a jury member on competitive cooking shows. She starred in Cooking Catastrophe (2007), The Great Tilennan Grill-Off (2011), Tilenno's next Topchef (2012), Pizza Pain (2016) and Stéphanie Flips your Restaurant (Off) (2018). She has won multiple television awards, including the 2012 ATU Best Insult on Live Television and the 2016 ATU Hardest Clap-Back.

In her personal life, Stéphanie also likes to work with alpacas. She has proclaimed that she is able to communicate with them on a deeper level, going as far as to let them tell her when the time is right to eat them. This has gotten her the nickname Stépachae, from the Tilennan word for alpaca pachae. In 2015 Pures Hirenes VIII Nàteicho awarded her with the title of Pural Legend and even offered her a place in the senate, which she politely refused.

Early Life
Stéphanie Hiromaede was born on 2 September 1976 in the city-state of Umia, just outside of the capital city Umia. Her father is Alexandre Hiromaede, born Maederese, famous columnist in the Glaela newspaper, while her mother is Semaeno Hiromaede, university biology professor and viral internet sensation due to her great frog puns. She grew up together with 3 sisters a brother and the families of her 2 aunts and uncle. While her relatives have for the most part built out successful careers, no one comes close to her absolute stardom.

She described her family as a bunch of educated morons in an interview with a Tilennan tabloid. Apparently she was one of the few people who knew how to cook in the family, which begs the question how this family even survived in the past without her. When she was a teenager she had multiple student jobs, which included fast food employee, pool guard, waitress and most importantly alpaca farmer, where she developed her love for the animals.

Cooking Career


Stéphanie started in 1992 at the Tilennan School of Fine Cooking Arts in Ytrivae after blowing away the entry reviewers with her dish of baked alpaca loin without using alpaca meat at any stage in the preparation. She walked a flawless cooking trajectory, although she regularly got into conflict with the teachers over her controversial food opinions. Once she got sent to the dean's office for calling a teacher's dish blander than his taste in women.

She first worked in the critically acclaimed restaurant Toma Glisaeno owned by chef Milo Deika for 3 years. After this she was so tired of being the only competent person in the entire establishment that she decided to start her own restaurant. Her first restaurant however had to close its doors after only 2 years due to unintentional tax evasion and illegal staff treatment. Unfazed she continued and started her second and incredibly successful restaurant Fàrae Gleso in Ashae.

While the dishes she made were very unconventional and sometimes even near-repulsing sounding, the taste did not lie, and the news of her restaurant spread like wildfire. People were coming from all across the federation and beyond to get a taste of her incredible skills. At some point it even became so busy that the establishment was fully booked for more than 17 months, causing her to buy the book shop next door and expand her capacity. Sources claim the transaction didn't take place without the necessary threats and blackmailing, although nothing can be proven conclusively, at least that is what was said in the court case.

While the restaurant was thriving, the staff got treated abysmally. Insiders claim she would force the hands of slow cooks on the burning grill as punishment. In 2005 a staff member even committed suicide in the kitchen, sparking a huge scandal in the nation and temporarily decreasing her popularity. However soon after she hosted a suicide prevention banquet in the Pural Palace, a media stunt that made her even more popular than before.

Television Star
Because of the insane popularity she received from the suicide prevention banquet, she got invited to host the upcoming cooking reality television show Mone zjauri tègara?, also know under the name  You call this food?. The first season was an immediate success due to her brutal but honest personality that on multiple occasions made participants cry. At some point in the season a fist fight even broke out in the middle of the kitchen, that she won. The show revolved around her visiting various families in Tilenno where the adults couldn't cook at all and the children were sick of it. The second season took a slightly different format due to the unforeseen consequences the children had to face for embarrassing their family on national television.

Afterwards she was invited for almost all subsequent cooking shows to either host or be a jury member in. In the show The Great Tilennan Grill-Off from 2011, she got to soft torture the bottom two contenders while they cooked their showdown dish. She claimed that the salt from tears is the best ingredient in any dish, raising questions about what goes on in her own kitchen. In the show Tilenno's next Topchef she smashed on of the contestants dishes on the ground and then forced the cook to lick it up like a dog since he liked making dog food that much.

She is often criticised for her harsh treatment of her victims, although this is arguably the reason why she is so popular in the first place. Her personality has spawned multiple fan pages dedicated to here best reads and insults, with many even going viral internationally. Due to this she has been invited on Artemian and Keshi cooking shows to bring some flavour to their television screens.

Awards


Over the course of her career she has received many awards on professional, as well as on a personal level. Her restaurant Fàrae Gleso has received a 3 star-rating, the only third restaurant in the federation to ever do so, as well as a 19.5/20 rating from the UNC travel guide, which ties her with the Hirenean Zhenkekou, which is universally known to be absolutely amazing for being a fast food restaurant.

Her televison appearances have also given her many awards over the years. Most importantly she got the 2012 ATU Best Insult on Live Television and the 2016 ATU Hardest Clap-Back. Less important awards include  Best Television Chef (3x), Best Television Personality (2x) and Best Moves in a Non-Dance Setting (12x).

For her personal endeavours in the battle against childhood obesity she has received the 2017 UNC Social Worker of the Year Award. In 2015 she even got awarded with the title of Pural Legend and even got offered a place in the senate, which she politely refused.

Family
Stéphanie is married to her husband Mero Hiromaede, born Sevio. Together they have 4 children, 3 girls and a boy named, Sedia, Amèrise, Rémy and Fiorense from oldest to youngest.

They live in Ashae together with two of her sisters' families. They own a 12-bedroom villa with 2 swimming pools and industrial sized personal kitchen. Her net worth is estimated at TLQ 760 million or around $ 70 million.

Battle against childhood obesity
In 2016 Stéphanie established a non-profit organisation Love Food, Not Fat to help combat childhood obesity in Tilennan youth. Overweight in these age groups has been a rising concern in the federation and she was determined to do something about it. Her organisation travels across the nation teaching families how to cook healthy, cheap and most importantly tasty food. She also has made multiple television appearances in which she promotes a healthy lifestyle to the Tilennan Youth. Often she gets invited as a guest speaker on elementary schools. Her slogan Fat is for Dweebs is recognized all across the nation. Her efforts have earned her the 2017 UNC Social Worker of the Year Award.

The ethicality of the organisation has come under fire on multiple occasions, mainly relating to poor financial planning and millions of dollars disappearing into thin air. many critics have come out to say that she uses the non-profit to funnel money to fund hate groups with relations to anarchistic movements.

2015 Volleyball Scandal
In 2015 a big scandal emerged surrounding her. She got invited to the Avalonian Volleyball finals in Hireno in which Tilenno went up against Brigantica. She apparently got so bored that she drank herself into a complete black-out and started stripping on the court. She was quickly escorted away from the game. Later she came out with an apology, saying she was just really at a bad place at the time and shit happens.

Alpaca Whispering
Stéphanie has on multiple occasions claimed to be the best alpaca whisperer in the Federation and even the whole wide world. She uses her mystical abilities to talk directly to these animals and know exactly what they are feeling. This way she can tell when the exact right time is to slaughter and prepare them is.

She developed her love for these animals when she worked a student job at an alpaca farm in Umia. Apparently she saved the life of an Alpaca one day and then the spirits of the universe bestowed upon her the magical ability to communicate with them. Because of this she received the nickname Stepachae, which is derived from the Tilennan word for Alpaca, pachae, and Alpaca Girl.