Sophie Mei Lan filed for divorce from MasterChef Chris Hale, her husband of three years. Sophie and Chris share 2 children together.
Sophie is a web personality who is an award-winning multimedia journalist, media trainer, and social entrepreneur. She is also better known as Mama Mei.
She is also a founder of Sparkle, a company with specialists aiding in creating, training, and publishing content creation for community organizations.
Not to forget, she is also a belly dancer. She also speaks about mental health across various social platforms, including her YouTube channel of 49k subscribers.
Sophie Mei Lan Divorce With Husband Chris Hale
Sophie Mei Lan from Mama Mei finalized her divorce from Chris Hale after confirmed about being cheated on.
The former couple was married for three years. They exchanged their wedding vows in 2016. Their divorce took a huge toll on Sophie’s mental health.
She has a dedicated playlist about her single mom’s life and mental issues on her YouTube.
She wrote about Chris in her blog, which dates to January 2017. She used to reside in Yorkshire with Chris and their daughters previously.
The social influencer and her ex-husband met for the first time when he was taking care of his clients at AcclimatiseMe. Coincidently, she also happened to teach belly dance in the same gym.
The couple practiced controversial parenting. The practice included the chef sleeping alone while the journalist slept with their girls so that they could latch when needed.
She kept breastfeeding her daughters until she separated from Chris in 2019. She has shared her life updates after the divorce on her YouTube channel.
Chris Hale Is A Former MasterChef UK Finalist
Chris Hale is a chef and businessman who is a former MasterChef UK finalist who appeared in the show in 2016.
He is a chef for various international and national guests until this day. He is also well-recognized as Sophie’s ex-husband.
Chris has served as a director at Altered Management Ltd for three years, from February 2020 until the present.
He worked as a residential property salesman at Vickers Orris for over a year, from June 2006 until June 2007, in the initial days of his career.
Likewise, after completing his undergraduate degree in sports and exercise science, he served as a soccer coach at Challenger Sports from June 2007 until August 2008.
He also functioned as an area event assistant at Cancer Research UK for 5 months. His roles included organizing, marketing, and running the events. Hale held multiple responsibilities during his tenure at Cancer Research UK.
His evolution as an entrepreneur was initiated in August 2009 after he became the owner of breath. He was also the managing director at AcclimatiseMe for five years and a month in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
He started Pop Up North in August 2016 simultaneously while working as a managing director. After departing from AcclimatiseMe in May 2017, Chris focused entirely on Pop Up North until 2020.
Chris Attended University of Leeds: His Education
Chris studied at the University of Leeds, where he acquired a master’s degree in business management in 2011.
His primary areas of focus for his postgraduate degree include Operations management and accountancy to International business ad marketing, which he cleared with a merit of 67%.
He has diverse interests. Let alone the culinary line, the chef possesses a degree in sports and exercise science. He also holds a BSc (Hons) degree in sports and exercises science.
He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Birmingham from 2005 to 2008. He played football for the University and even became a press officer of the university’s football club.
He proactively arranged fundraising events for the football club. Chris visited local primary schools to make children aware of the importance of diet and exercise after completing ISAK level 1 anthropometry.
The former MasterChef contestant, Chris, also attended Pontefract NEW College and Kettlethorpe.
Why Did Sophie And Chris Divorce?
Sophie and Chris’ seemingly idyllic married life turned the tables by the end of 2019.
The pair were together until the first quarter of 2019. She tweeted about her life as a chef’s husband on February 15, 2019.
Whereas the TV personality was single by the end of the year. Mei Lan posted a YouTube video titled ‘BACHELORETTE LIFE’ where she talked about her single life and struggled to cope with the situation.
Although the precise detail about their divorce date is not approachable, we can deduce that they were already separated by the fourth quarter of 2019.
So far, the profound reason behind their relationship turning sour remains obscure until this day.
They have chosen to be tight-lipped surrounding their separation on the web to date.
Sophie And Chris Have Co-parenting Two Daughters
Sophie and Chris share two daughters, Jasmine and Arianna. They have an age gap of two years eleven months, and three days.
Sophie revealed that her daughters go to their father’s place on Monday, and she does not get to see them until Friday via a YouTube video released on March 9, 2020.
She confessed that she felt void regardless of having a lot to do to engage her. The prime reason behind the void was that her daughters were not always around her.
Although most of the time Sophie misses her girls, the journalist brightens her mood with the gratitude feeling that she gets at least a few hours to spend with them.
On the other hand, Chris is also a family man who adores his daughters. Jasmine and Arianna every so often make appearances on his Instagram feed.
Lately, he has visited Italy with his daughters. He shared several carousels of photos comprising the blissful moments they spent on their vacation on his social platform.
Jasmine
The award-winning journalist, Sophie, and her now ex-husband, Chris, started their family with the birth of their daughter, Jasmine, on February 28, 2012.
She is presently 10 years old. Sophie revealed that her pregnancy with Jasmine was not planned; she is grateful to have her eldest daughter.
Arianna
Chris and Sophie extended their family of three to four with Arianna’s birth on February 2, 2015.
Their second born praised her 7th birthday in 2022.
Arianna was under the care of NHS in the intensive care unit at Leeds General Infirmary. She is grateful to the entire NHS staff for promptly helping her daughter improve.
She thanked the NHS staff through her Instagram post on Arianna’s 4th birthday in 2019. She penned, ‘Forever grateful that they and others help to save her life,’ in the caption.
Arianna declared to get home educated on one fine morning on October 7, 2019. Sophie revealed that they had a conversation about homeschooling in 2016.