Janice Wong

Janice Wong
Born 1983 (age 32–33)
Singapore
Occupation Pastry chef
Awards Asia’s Best Pastry Chef Award (2013, 2014)

Janice Wong (born 1983)[1] [2]is a Singaporean pastry chef who owns 2am:dessert bar in Holland Village, 2am:lab, and Janice Wong Sweet Shop at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, all in Singapore.

Early life

Wong studied economics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and graduated in 2005. While there, she became more interested in food. She later enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu in Paris.[3]

Career

Wong is influenced by Ferran Adrià and Grant Achatz.[4] She established the 2am:dessert bar in 2007. In December 2014, she set up an eponymous shop at the Gardens by the Bay. It then moved to the ION Orchard[5] and Marina Bay Sands.[6] The shop focuses on pasty as art and is described as "interactive, edible art".[7] She has opened a dessert bar in Melbourne,[8] and, in 2016, she will expand the 2am brand to Tokyo and Hong Kong, where she has localized the menu.[9]

Wong appeared on an episode of MasterChef Australia season 7, where she challenged contestants to recreate her intricate dessert—the cassis plum.[10] Wong launched a self-published cookbook in 2011 titled Perfection in Imperfection[11] and co-authored a second cookbook in 2013 titled Dim Sum.[12] She speaks internationally and says that she takes these opportunities in part to represent Singapore.[6]

Achievements

Wong won the title of Pastry Chef of the Year from the World Gourmet Summit Awards in 2011,[13] 2013, and 2015;[14] Best Dessert Restaurant in IS Magazine's readers' poll 2012–2014;[15] Young Woman of the Year from Her World in 2012;[16] and the "Asia's Best Pastry Chef" award from Restaurant magazine in 2013 and 2014.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Oh, my old Singapore". The Straits Times. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  2. ↑ Mancusi, Chiara. "Underwater Labyrinth. Of sugar&chocolate by Janice Wong". www.piwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  3. ↑ Carbone, Suzanne (2015-03-06). "Janice Wong wows the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival with 2am:dessertbar edible art". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  4. ↑ Chen, Jennifer (2012-01-19). "Potatoes' Sweet Side, Revealed". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  5. ↑ Tan, Annette (2014-12-19). "Chef Janice Wong has a new pastry wonderland". Today Online. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  6. 1 2 Soh, Joanne (2015-07-15). "Superwoman of desserts". The New Paper. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  7. ↑ Waun, Sim EE (2015-01-31). "Make art, not dessert, with JANICE WONG". The Star.
  8. ↑ Carbone, Suzanne (2015-03-07). "Janice Wong wows the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival with 2am:dessertbar edible art". The Age. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  9. ↑ Goh, Kenneth (2015-11-03). "Pastry chef Janice Wong to open eateries in Hong Kong & Tokyo in the new year". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  10. ↑ "Singapore chef makes guest appearance on MasterChef Australia". The New Paper. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  11. ↑ Jung, Susan (2015-11-08). "Food book: Janice Wong's Perfection in Imperfection". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  12. ↑ Lee, Helena (2014-08-14). "This week's food trends". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  13. ↑ K., Bhumika (2015-03-13). "A paintbrush and some chocolate". The Hindu. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  14. ↑ Goh, Kenneth (2015-04-14). "Morsels' Bryan Chia named Rising Chef of the Year at World Gourmet Summit Awards". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  15. ↑ "Here are the winners of the I-S Readers' Choice Awards 2014!". SG Magazine. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  16. ↑ Bruce, Niki (2012-10-22). "Fiji Water Courage Harness in support of the Breast Cancer Foundation". Her World. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  17. ↑ Iyer, Meenakshi (2015-03-02). "Dessert Queen". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-12-31.

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