Singles’ inferno: Social mixer scene heats up in Singapore as dating apps get cold shoulder

IMAGINE a mixer in the style of American reality television show Shark Tank, but instead of entrepreneurs making business pitches to angel investors, friends pitch their eligible bachelor and bachelorette friends to other singles looking for a soulmate.

Or an intimate dinner with 10 to 15 other strangers where the guest list is not curated by age, occupation or hobbies, but rather answers to questions such as “describe yourself as a music genre” and “describe a recipe that is very close to your heart”.

These are some ways in which a new wave of event organisers, both locally and abroad, are putting a modern twist to in-person dating events, which have made a big comeback in the last year or so.