Home chefs are given the opportunity to operate from a professionally fitted 24-pax restaurant at Clarke Quay Central mall!
Venue: 6 Eu Tong Sen St, Clarke Quay Central, #03-103/104 Singapore 059817
Opening Hours: Differs for each resident chef
Far East Organization launches Chef X, an initiative that provides homebased chefs and private dining chefs with a sandbox to operate their own full-fledged commercial restaurant within Clarke Quay Central mall for four or eight weeks. From 26 April 2024, each resident chef will serve out of a professionally designed F&B space fitted with commercial-grade kitchen equipment, with a dining area that can accommodate up to 24 diners.
To Experience running a Full-Fledge Restaurant
Each resident chef, who will helm the restaurant for four or eight weeks, will showcase their culinary skills and individual styles, cooking at the unit for dine-in customers, with the option of takeaway.
The chefs will get to experience what it would entail for them to run a restaurant at a commercial space within a mall at minimal risk. Apart from physical resources, resident chefs will be offered guidance from a mentor chef. They can look forward to receiving advice and tips - from menu planning, food presentation and recipe refinements, to business and human resource management, from Chef Isaac Tan, Head of Culinary & Product Innovations for Commonwealth Concepts.
The Current Line-Up
The current line-up will see a rotating roster of four home chefs, cuisines ranging from heartwarming food inspired by grandmother’s kitchen and Korean kimchi-based dishes, to Japanese bentos and a seven course omakase.
- Kicking off the project is Royaleys Smoky Boat from 26 Apr to 21 Jun 2024. Named for their boat-like form, these banana leaf parcels are stuffed with premium quality rice topped with a range of ingredients – chicken, fish, prawn, or soybean – naturally seasoned with tempered spice pastes.
- Wanting Kimchi, a popular brand with many kimchi fans, will be the second resident chef at Chef X from 1 Jul - 26 Aug 2024. Apart from her usual best-sellers, fans will also get to try a selection of hot food too!
- Popo’s Kitchen offers wholesome and comforting flavours reminiscent of the food found in one's grandmother's kitchen. They specialises in handcrafted soon kuehs and roast chicken platters, and will be expanding its offerings during its Chef X residency from 5 Sep to 30 Oct 2024.
- The last chef to take over Chef X in 2024 is ooomahmee, serving chilled
Japanese-style dishes spanning bara chirashi to chilled noodles topped with a variety of raw seafood from 16 Dec 2024 to 10 Feb 2025.
These chefs have established themselves as home-based chefs and this will be their first foray into having a physical store. So, do visit and support them, and also be understanding of their first-time status!
Other chefs will be announced at a later date.
Location
Chef X will be located at level three of Clarke Quay Central mall, at #03-103/104. The opening hours will differ for each resident chef.
