Flying the flag

Yew Eng Tong

THE 36-year-old chef de cuisine of Ocean Restaurant in Resorts World Sentosa came in second at the Bocuse D'or Asian finals last month and will represent Singapore at the global finals in Lyon next January together with commis cook Aaron Wong, 21, who also took home the award for Best Commis Cook at last month's competition.

Named after famed three-Michelin-starred French chef-founder Paul Bocuse, the biennial cooking championships for individual chefs was started in 1987 and is now considered the Oscars of the culinary world. Each country can field only one competitor, who have to present a fish and a meat course within five-and-a- half hours that will then be assessed by 12 international judges. A second-time competitor, Mr Yew topped the Asia finals last year and placed 17th in the global round.