From New York to Singapore

The gourmet grocery scene will become more competitive when ‘the Harry Winston of food stores’ launches here on 22 June.

Chef’s homecoming

After 38 years away from home, Chan Kai Hon has returned to Macau to take up the reins at Zi Yat Heen, the city’s undisputed benchmark for fine Cantonese dining.

Will power

Once dubbed ‘the Prince of Pastry’, Will Goldfarb shows how he creates happy endings on a plate with his avant-garde desserts.

Whimisical sweets

The dessert creations of Jen Shen, executive pastry chef at CUT, will strike a chord with anyone who’s spent their early years revelling in the picnics and treats of children’s literature.

Best pavlovas in Singapore

This dessert calls for a meringue with a light and crispy crust, and soft interiors. Here are the ones that passed our test.

Plate scraping heights

Never heard of a Falsche Prinzregententorte? Chef Otto Koch, from one Michelin-starred Restaurant 181 at the Olympic Tower in Munich, Germany, will not only explain his spin on the buttercream layered torte, he’ll personally make and serve you one at The Gourmet Towers of the World gala dinner in Equinox Restaurant on 16 and 18 March.