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Family shares food, fun at home with the less privileged

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Home chef Chris Choo, his TV producer wife Rose Sivam and their daughter Aleia invite people who may not get to enjoy good food and professional entertainment to their Serangoon North flat every other month. From left: In July, guests tried their han
Home chef Chris Choo, his TV producer wife Rose Sivam and their daughter Aleia invite people who may not get to enjoy good food and professional entertainment to their Serangoon North flat every other month. ST PHOTO: JEREMY KWAN
Home chef Chris Choo, his TV producer wife Rose Sivam and their daughter Aleia invite people who may not get to enjoy good food and professional entertainment to their Serangoon North flat every other month. From left: In July, guests tried their han
In July, guests tried their hand at making pineapple tarts, learnt from Mr Chris Choo how to make bread, and were entertained by flamenco dancer Daphne Vargas (above). PHOTOS: COURTESY OF KISHI A. TEIXEIRA
Home chef Chris Choo, his TV producer wife Rose Sivam and their daughter Aleia invite people who may not get to enjoy good food and professional entertainment to their Serangoon North flat every other month. From left: In July, guests tried their han
In July, guests tried their hand at making pineapple tarts (above), learnt from Mr Chris Choo how to make bread, and were entertained by flamenco dancer Daphne Vargas. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF KISHI A. TEIXEIRA
Home chef Chris Choo, his TV producer wife Rose Sivam and their daughter Aleia invite people who may not get to enjoy good food and professional entertainment to their Serangoon North flat every other month. From left: In July, guests tried their han
In July, guests tried their hand at making pineapple tarts, learnt from Mr Chris Choo how to make bread (above), and were entertained by flamenco dancer Daphne Vargas. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF KISHI A. TEIXEIRA
Rahimah Rashith
Updated
Oct 17, 2018, 05:30 AM
Published
Oct 17, 2018, 05:00 AM
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