{"id":99423,"date":"2026-11-14T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T05:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99423"},"modified":"2026-11-14T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T05:34:59","slug":"viral-baker-linlins-sweet-journey-to-success-from-lockdown-baking-to-korean-reality-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99423","title":{"rendered":"Viral baker LinLin\u2019s sweet journey to success, from lockdown baking to Korean reality show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/13\/1d84e956-9b8c-4491-8310-12f41746f4dd_d005847e.jpg?itok=R2VxL0hC&amp;v=1794544754\" \/><br \/>Towards the end of 2025, Charmaine Wong Szu Lin was scrolling through her Instagram DMs when a message stopped her cold. A South Korean production company wanted her to join a reality baking show.<br \/>\nHer first instinct was deep suspicion.<br \/>\n\u201cIs this a scam?\u201d the self-taught Malaysian baker, 30, recalls asking herself. It was not \u2013 the offer came from Bite Me Sweet, a baking competition that eventually aired on Viu from April to May this year. The show pairs five renowned female pastry chefs from&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3374299\/viral-baker-linlins-sweet-journey-success-lockdown-baking-korean-reality-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of 2025, Charmaine Wong Szu Lin was scrolling through her Instagram DMs when a message stopped her cold. A South Korean production&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[9187,16766,4303,498,32667,22053,709,616,6352,3733,810],"class_list":["post-99423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-baker","tag-baking","tag-journey","tag-korean","tag-linlins","tag-lockdown","tag-reality","tag-show","tag-success","tag-sweet","tag-viral","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}