The Yum List chats with Herman Lee, chef and co-owner of Extraction SS2. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I’m in charge of the foods as well as the drinks menu of my cafe. I’m from a family of chefs. My mum is a […]
Interview
Miguel Smith, Mount Gay Rum Ambassador
The Yum List chats with Miguel Smith, Mount Gay Rum Ambassador, and discovers a little more about life behind the scenes. What do you do and how did you become the ambassador for Mount Gay? I share our 315-year old story, how we are made and where we are from. Hopefull…
Fabien Duboueix, Head Sommelier of The NCO Club
The Yum List gets the inside scoop of life behind the scenes at Singapore’s famed NCO Club with head sommelier, Fabien Duboueix. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? My name is Fabien Duboueix and I’m the head sommelier at The NCO Club – a […]
Chef Jamlong, Malai Thai Kitchen KL
Chef Jamlong of Malai Thai Kitchen in Kuala Lumpur shares with The Yum List a little about life behind the scenes and her passions. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I am chef Jomlong from Malai Thai Kitchen KL. I got my first job by responding to …
Dr Yap Hae Mun, MAC Clinic Bangsar Aesthetic Medicine
Dr Yap Hae Mun of MAC Clinic Bangsar chats with The Yum List about aesthetic medicine and shares some stories from behind the scenes. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I am an aesthetic practitioner (Qualification: M.D. (RUS), Dip. of Aesthetic Me…
Kevin Yong, Pastry Chef, W Kuala Lumpur
Kevin Yong, pastry chef of W Kuala Lumpur, shares some of the challenges encountered when learning to be a chef and a few stories from behind the scenes. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? Hello! I am Kevin Yong, the Pastry Chef of W Kuala Lumpur. …
Florian Nigen, Chef & Owner, Chez Gaston
Chef Florian Nigen Florian Nigen, head chef at Chez Gaston Bangsar shares with The Yum List a little about the life of a chef and some of his upcoming projects. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I am the chef and owner of Chez […]
Rick Joore, JOLOKO – Afro-Caribbean Restaurant & Bar
Rick Joore (on the right with girlfriend Kit and head chef Tim), behind JOLOKO – KL’s first Afro-Caribbean restaurant and bar – shares a little about his introduction to the food and beverage industry and some stories from behind the scenes. W…
Alvin Lim, Co-owner of Taps Beer Bar
Alvin Lim, co-owner of Taps Beer Bar & Cicerone Program Certified Beer Server, shares some stories from behind the scenes of one of Malaysia’s first craft beer bars. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I am a Cicerone Program Certified Be…
Ashish Sharma, Bartender, Bar Trigona, Four Seasons KL
The Yum List chats with Ashish Sharma, head bartender at the newly opened Bar Trigona at the Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur, and finds out what it’s like to work at one of the city’s most respected bars. What do you do and how did you get into the industr…
Stephanie Chan, Owner Anahata Sound Healing & Yoga
Stephanie Chan, owner of Anahata Sound Healing & Yoga, shares with The Yum List the story of how it all began. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I was a hotelier half my life heading the Sales & Marketing team which was pretty demanding, […]
Jose Alonso, Managing Director, Tapas Club
Jose Alonso, Managing Director of Tapas Club shares what life is like behind the scenes and lets us in on some things coming up for the group in 2018. How did you get into the industry? Since I was very young I liked to cook for my family. Where I was born […]