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(Clockwise from top left) Chefs Zachariah Chow, Marcus Tan and Ian Goh of Restaurant Inicio, Seth Lai of Ce Soir, Yew Eng Tong of Alma by Juan Almador and Akmal Anuar of Harummanis Sultan Gate.

(Clockwise from top left) Chefs Zachariah Chow, Marcus Tan and Ian Goh of Restaurant Inicio, Seth Lai of Ce Soir, Yew Eng Tong of Alma by Juan Almador and Akmal Anuar of Harummanis Sultan Gate.

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SINGAPORE – Fine dining is about to get more accessible as a crop of Singaporean chefs take over the kitchens of new and existing home-grown restaurants.

Compared with many establishments run by foreign chefs, they hope to offer fine dining at more wallet-friendly prices – $32++ for a three-course lunch at Restaurant Inicio, $98++ for a three-course lunch at Ce Soir and $248++ for an eight-course dinner at Alma by Juan Amador.  

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