‘Honorary apron chief’ Aya Ueto serves up new cup pasta
Source: Japantoday.com
“TOKYO — Actress Aya Ueto, 23, attended an event in Chiyoda Ward this week held by Sanyo Foods to announce their new products within the Sapporo Ichiban cup pasta range. Ueto will star in the commercial for the new 100% durum wheat products which will go on sale nationwide on Aug 3. Ueto, appointed “honorary apron chief” for the event, surprised the media when she hopped off stage and had a cameraman, much to his delight, try the cup pasta she had just prepared. “It’s no different from authentic Italian pasta,” she boasted as she spoon-fed the lucky man. Ueto later said she began learning how to cook when she was 19, saying that she thought it would be embarrassing if she turned 20 and couldn’t cook. A reporter asked Ueto if she was learning cooking for a certain special someone, and she replied: “Until now I’ve only cooked for my family, but I hope to head in that direction. I want to be a good mother and wife.”