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Lunch With Sumiko: Jason Tan's journey from holiday job at pizza place to Corner House's Michelin star chef
When he was 15, Corner House's Jason Tan took a holiday job at a cafe and saw pizza being made. It set him on the path to Michelin fame
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The first time I saw chef Jason Tan was in 2014, at a farewell lunch for a colleague.
His Corner House fine-dining restaurant at the Botanic Gardens had opened a few months earlier and was already making waves for its fresh, prettily plated French-inspired cooking.
