60. A Filipino in Singapore - Johanne Siy from Lolla in Singapore
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Chef Johanne Siy is the chef at restaurant Lolla in Singapore. She grew up in the Philippines in a Chinese-Filipino family. She left her corporate career and went to culinary school in the US and worked at Le Bernardin and Café Boulud in New York, Restaurant Andre in Singapore and later at Noma, Relae in Copenhagen and Faviken in Sweden. Returning to Singapore, she became the head chef at Lolla, where she combines Asian and Mediterranean flavours in her cooking. A year ago, she was awarded Asia’s Best Female Chef by ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. In the podcast, we will hear Johanne Siy tell about how her cultural background has given her multiple culinary layers. She will also reveal her favourite restaurants in Singapore and Manila. The recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available for free in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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