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Tastemakers

Owners of hawker stall chain Jofa make bold move to open $400,000 coffee shop in tough F&B year

Mr Joel Tan, co-founder of western grill stall Jofa Grill.

Tastemakers

Hawker trio built curry puffs into a $500,000 business in a year

From left: Mr Brandon Lim and his brother, Mr Lim Yuan Ming, co-owners of What The Puff.

Tastemakers

Former fine-dining chef Daniel Bong cooks Malaysian-style nasi lemak with heart in Tanjong Pagar

Mr Daniel Bong operates 108 The Nasi Lemak Shop in Tanjong Pagar.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tastemakers

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

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