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FARM TO TABLE

This edition presents an exclusive evening featuring two talented chefs - Chef Kevin Wong (one MICHELIN Star, Singapore) and Chef Oli Marlow (one MICHELIN Star, Hong Kong), both celebrated with MICHELIN Green Stars for their commitment to sustainability and ethical dining. This unique dining experience combines the artistry of flavours with dedication to eco-friendly practices.

Chef Kevin Wong: Born in Port Klang, Malaysia, Kevin called a street named Jalan Seroja his home. There, he would relish the opportunity to taste his grandmother's cooking. Raised on a diet of otak-otak, gulai, kerabu, assam prawns, perut ikan, nasi ulam and more, Kevin has always held the flavours of the Malay Archipelago close to his heart.

Kevin's illustrious culinary career spans 14 years, where he's worked in some of the most acclaimed MIC-starred restaurants in France, San Francisco and of course, Singapore.

Chef Oli Marlow: As one of four siblings with two working parents, Oli grew up in a busy, non-stop household. Oli doesn’t pinpoint a moment when he fell in love with food - it was just a constant presence in his life. ‘I knew from the age of fourteen I'd be a chef', he says. 'I used to work in the kitchen at a local pub four nights a week - I'd go straight from school. My mum hated it - she was a teacher, so she wanted me to study and do my homework. She'd drag me home at half past ten kicking and screaming!'

From there, Oli spent three years at college, learning the basics of cookery whilst apprenticing at the five star Chewton Glen in Hampshire, just south of the New Forest. He went on to stage at Le Manoir, The Fat Duck, and Eleven Madison Park.

When he launched the now defunct Roganic London the first time around in 2011, he introduced true farm-to-fork fine dining in London - following his own lead at L’Enclume in Cumbria - and ushered in a philosophy that hundreds have tried to follow since. Roganic re-opened at the beginning of 2018 with Simon’s name on the door but a new face - Oli Marlow - in charge of the kitchen. Eight months later, the restaurant received a Michelin star.