'She was a desi knowledge machine': Fans pay tribute to Zubaida Apa on social media

Zubaida Apa's fans express shock and sorrow at the passing of Pakistan's most famous culinary icon

Updated 05 Jan, 2018

Renowned TV chef Zubaida Tariq passed away late on Thursday night, leaving fans and followers shocked by her unexpected death.

Zubaida Apa, as she was affectionately called, was known in Pakistani households as a font of culinary and housekeeping wisdom. Her cooking show Handi was one of the most watched programmes on Hum TV's Masala channel. On the show, she would regularly take viewers' calls to answer their culinary queries and suggest home remedies for problems as wide-ranging as hairloss to the common flu.

Fans paid rich tribute to the culinary icon on Twitter:

Her admirers will always remember her for her culinary and housekeeping prowess:

Some are shocked by the suddenness of her passing:

Others had personal experiences to share:

Jinhon ne hamen khana pakana khana aur khilana sikhaya .. totkay kya hoty hain aur log kesy apny dastarkhan ko behtar bana sakty hain yeh sab sikhany wali ZUBEDA AAPPA aaj hamary sath nahi hain #sadnews #rip #zubedaaapa #mrszubedatariq #legend

A post shared by yasir hussain (@yasir.hussain131) on Jan 4, 2018 at 9:19pm PST

Zubaida Aapa u were such a motherly soul. Will always remember ur kindness, genuineness and simplicity. May Allah grant her highest place in Jannah. Ameen

A post shared by Dr. Shaista Lodhi (@iamshaistalodhi) on Jan 4, 2018 at 12:43pm PST

This woman regretted the jokes made at Zubaida Apa's expense:

Comments

zahra Jan 05, 2018 10:52am

no doubt she is a legend she is not just a star she is the most intelligent women she has very sharp memory no doubt the whole family is serving a lot

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N abidi Jan 05, 2018 11:09am

Very intelligent woman, taught women , to take care of themselves, not just cooking! May she rest in haven !

nasr Jan 05, 2018 11:28am

This evening at my cousins house in Los Angeles I heard this first very sad news of 2018. Aapa have left us behind. She left a legacy behind her, She was of a very sweet motherly character. I do not know how Abeel would be feeling. I pray to Allah Jal-e-Shanahoo to bestow his blessing on the departed soul. I pray for her forgiveness. May Allah provide her with the best place in the Heaven

khan Jan 05, 2018 07:31pm

She knew all totkays for every thing but didn't know the one and that was about how to avoid the death..RIP apa

Imtiaz Ali Khan Jan 06, 2018 04:44am

RIP dear departed soul.