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Tastemakers

‘I’m an ordinary person. I can’t be more ordinary’: Ex-actor Huang Yiliang now a fishmonger, hawker

Former actor Huang Yiliang has opened a hawker stall selling seafood dishes, including crab.
Former actor Huang Yiliang has opened a hawker stall selling seafood dishes, including crab.

Matcha and bakes for supper: Inside S’pore uni dorm rooms where students run small F&B ventures

(Clockwise from left) 1.1mol founder Yen Ming Jun, Matcha-ryou founders Brendan Tan, Ang Yu Han and Jade Teo and 12 Cups Cafe founder Low Dong Xuan.
(Clockwise from left) 1.1mol founder Yen Ming Jun, Matcha-ryou founders Brendan Tan, Ang Yu Han and Jade Teo and 12 Cups Cafe founder Low Dong Xuan.

Tastemakers

Widow invests $800,000 to start S'pore hawker culture experience centre in honour of late husband

Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.
Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.

Tastemakers

Kueh chain Ollella’s founder overcomes $200,000 in losses to open fourth outlet in Tampines

Ollella founder Marcella Putri Tanuwijaya opened her newest outlet – a retail kiosk at Our Tampines Hub –on Jan 16.
Ollella founder Marcella Putri Tanuwijaya opened her newest outlet – a retail kiosk at Our Tampines Hub –on Jan 16.

Tastemakers

Meet the hero who pulled his fellow hawker to safety in Hong Lim food centre fire

Quick-thinking hawker Eddy Wan, 45, turned hero when he saved his 80-year-old hawker neighbour from his burning stall.
Quick-thinking hawker Eddy Wan, 45, turned hero when he saved his 80-year-old hawker neighbour from his burning stall.

Resilience in the kitchen: 3 F&B operators who kept cooking despite failure, loss and illness

(From left) Ms Sharon Poon, co-owner and roast chef of Eat 3 Cuts., Mr Teo Chye Huat of Hai Nan Zai, and Mrs Jenny Png and Mr Sam Png, co-owners of Woody Peranakan Family Cafe.
(From left) Ms Sharon Poon, co-owner and roast chef of Eat 3 Cuts., Mr Teo Chye Huat of Hai Nan Zai, and Mrs Jenny Png and Mr Sam Png, co-owners of Woody Peranakan Family Cafe.

Tastemakers

How a former property agent went from chance investor to founder of a fast-growing F&B group

Mr Lukas Teo, founder and chief executive of brand management company The Gourmet Factor.
Mr Lukas Teo, founder and chief executive of brand management company The Gourmet Factor.

Tastemakers

How love sparked this heartland baker’s rise to win World Confectioner of the Year 2025

hkbaker06 - Ms Joanne Huang, the co-owner of neighbourhood bakery Cake In Action was awarded World Confectioner Of The Year 2025 by the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners in a ceremony held in Brazil’s Sao Paulo.
hkbaker06 - Ms Joanne Huang, the co-owner of neighbourhood bakery Cake In Action was awarded World Confectioner Of The Year 2025 by the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners in a ceremony held in Brazil’s Sao Paulo.

The dentist who restores confidence one lifelike prosthetic eye at a time

S’pore’s lung cancer screening study detects cancer in nine participants; all are non-smokers

Lung cancer patient and Solstice participant Kang Kim Choon went for low-dose computed tomography scans as part of the study.
Lung cancer patient and Solstice participant Kang Kim Choon went for low-dose computed tomography scans as part of the study.

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