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Women-run Michelin-starred restaurants in Singapore: Female chefs on why there are so few of them

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Female chefs, like Quenino's Sujatha Asokan, now have more opportunities in the culinary world, but what else is keeping more of them from reaching the top?

Quenino’s chef de cuisine Sujatha Asokan tried out all sorts of roles in the kitchen before stepping into a leadership position.

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SINGAPORE – For years, women have been told to “get back in the kitchen”. And yet, when they do, some find out they apparently do not belong there either. 

“When I started out, some male chefs were kind of sexist towards female chefs,” recalls 30-year-old Ashley So, head chef at Southern Italian Restaurant Sospiri. 

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