MasterChef alumni: Where are they now?

The reality cooking show's contestants who have gone into the F&B business say instant fame is a double-edged sword

Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. M ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours in November with sous chef Ryan Tay (left), a fellow MasterChef Singapore 2 contestant. PHOTO: TWELVE FLAVOURS
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
PHOTO: TWELVE FLAVOURS
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Ms Zephyr Eng is taking over her mother-in-law's Peranakan restaurant and is experimenting with new dishes. PHOTO: ZEPHYR ENG
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Mr Leon Lim is now an F&B consultant with Creatr cafe. It serves dishes such as his rojak roll with churro, which he made on MasterChef. PHOTO: CREATR
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Mr Leon Lim is now an F&B consultant with Creatr cafe. It serves dishes such as his rojak roll with churro (above), which he made on MasterChef.
 PHOTO: CREATR
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Mr Aaron Wong has sold more than 100,000 bowls of mee hoon kueh since he opened his first stall in Telok Blangah. ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
Ms Genevieve Lee has opened a store selling stuffed sourdough doughnuts in flavours such as houjicha caramel crunch, blueberry lemon thyme and Basque burnt cheesecake. Mr Derek Cheong (right) hopes to resume his private dining outfit Twelve Flavours
Mr Aaron Wong has sold more than 100,000 bowls of mee hoon kueh (above) since he opened his first stall in Telok Blangah. ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
  
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Jul 25, 2021, 09:58 AM
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Jul 25, 2021, 05:00 AM
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Spotted some familiar faces when you queued for stuffed sourdough doughnuts or mee hoon kueh recently?

These would belong to MasterChef Singapore season one's alumni Genevieve Lee and Aaron Wong, who wowed the audience with their creativity and cooking skills on the Channel 5 show in 2018.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 25, 2021, with the headline MasterChef alumni: Where are they now?. Subscribe

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