A chef has spoken out after she copped backlash online for using the former name of a popular cheese brand that has since been branded ‘racist’.
Fatimah Omran, 42, from Sydney, shared her recipe for a watermelon and three cheese sandwich to TikTok this week.
But when Ms Omran identified the cheese she used as Coon, rather than it’s new name Cheer, she was quickly hit with a barrage of criticism.
Fatimah Omran, 42, from Sydney, shared her recipe for a watermelon and three cheese sandwich to TikTok this week
Ms Omran has defended herself after she copped backlash for calling Cheer cheese Coon
The video, captioned ‘name a better combination’, starts with the chef spreading three cheeses on a piece of bread.
‘My daughter taught me this sandwich, it’s just cream cheese and you crumble some feta cheese. You [then] put slices of tasty cheese – I’ve just used Coon [cheese] here,’ she said.
‘You roll it up and whack it in your toaster. We all know you can’t have a toasted cheese sandwich without watermelon.
‘Just take a bite of that with a bite of the watermelon and you’ll love it.’
Her video was quickly flooded with comments from many questioning why she chose to refer to the cheese as Coon.
In July 2021, the then 90-year-old Australian brand changed its name to Cheer after a campaign raised concerns about the former moniker being widely regarded as a racial slur.
Cheer cheese owner Saputo has always maintained the cheese was named after American cheesemaker Edward Coon.
Ms Omran said she hadn’t yet gotten used to the name change, as it had been known as Coon for decades.
‘I felt the need to name Coon cheese, as it is the best cheese for the wrap,’ she told Daily Mail Australia
In her viral video, the mum-of-three said she felt the need to name Coon cheese as it is the best cheese for the wrap
‘I haven’t stopped calling it Coon. I call it that when I shop, when I cook – I haven’t adapted to the change.’
The mum-of-three said she just wanted to share…
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