Michigan 12-year-old finished in top-five in Kids Baking Championship; fires 63 in first round of Junior World tournament
, was a participant in the Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship” last year.
Tsai is colorful, starting with his first name, Nemo, after the fish in “Finding Nemo.” His 8-year-old sister, who’s also playing in the tournament, is named Lilo after the movie “Lilo & Stitch.”A casting agent recruited Tsai to audition for the cooking show after spotting the kids’ Instagram account. The Tsais own a Japanese food market and restaurant in Ann Arbor and Nemo has been helping out since he was 5.“He found out customers would tip him,” said Paul. “That got him interested.
Nemo’s mother and aunt played tennis at Eastern Michigan. Cousins play at Georgia and Florida. Nemo’s first sport was tennis, too, but one day after belting groundstrokes, his grandfather took him to the driving range.
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