KF Seetoh explained

KF Seetoh
Birth Place:Singapore
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Seetoh Kok Fye (born 1962),[1] [2] better known as KF Seetoh, is a Singaporean food critic, author, restaurateur, and television personality.

The fourth of five children, Seetoh attended St. Joseph's Institution and the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. Beginning in 1983, he worked as a photographer for local newspaper The Straits Times, but left in 1990 to establish his own photographic studio.[3] In 1998, Seetoh and Lim Moh Cher founded Makansutra (a portmanteau combining "makan" and "sutra"),[4] a food guide publisher dedicated to Asian cuisine.[5]

In 2021, Seetoh collaborated with Urbanspace, a company managing food halls in the United States, to open a Singaporean hawker centre, near Times Square, New York, United States in 2022.[6]

Accolades

In 2008, Seetoh was awarded the Special Recognition Award by the Singapore Tourism Board at the Singapore Tourism Awards.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Drama fix on the news. Suhaila. Sulaiman. 28 May 2001. The Straits Times. 11.
  2. Web site: K. F. Seetoh. Yap. Jan. Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. 16 May 2022.
  3. News: The 10 per cent man. 6 March 2006. 4. The Straits Times.
  4. News: Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper. 10 September 2003. The New York Times. R. W. Jr.. Apple.
  5. News: The New Paper. KF. Seetoh. 26. 4 January 2015. 7 items to take you to yong tau foo heaven.
  6. Web site: Auto . Hermes . 3 November 2021 . Makansutra founder K.F. Seetoh to open S'pore food hall in New York with US partner The Straits Times . subscription . 3 June 2022 . www.straitstimes.com . en.
  7. News: 5 March 2008 . Taking the honours in the tourism industry . H2 . The Straits Times.