Can This Gen Z Chef Earn More From Hawker Food Than Fine Dining? | Gen Z Crash Course S3 EP7

MasterChef Singapore winner Derek Cheong co-founded Berempah Bros, which now has six hawker outlets across the island, yet he doesn't cook at any of them. So what does a modern hawker boss actually do all day? We follow Derek from doing quality checks at Beauty World Food Centre to checking in on his first takeaway kiosk in the CBD, before heading to his home where he runs a private dining concept by night. Along the way, we learn how he uses fine dining techniques and strict SOPs to scale hawker food, and the six-digit business failures he faced before finding his footing. As more young Singaporeans treat hawker stalls as scalable businesses rather than a one-man show, it raises a question: is this what it takes to keep our hawker culture alive? Timestamps: 0:00 Preview 0:53 Meet Derek, the hawker boss 1:07 Daily quality checks at Beauty World 2:33 The fine dining secret in his chicken 3:26 Why he runs hawker stalls like a business 4:06 His other job as a fine dining chef 4:35 What a hawker boss does all afternoon 4:56 His new kiosk in the CBD 7:03 The ventures that failed 8:03 Why he works so hard 8:56 Inside his Twelve Flavours private dining 9:44 Fine dining vs hawker food 11:53 Hawker or fine dining chef? 13:05 Final thoughts Hosted by Chen Ning Gen Z Crash Course #Singapore #genz #hawkerfood #hawkers — 👋 Welcome to Mediacorp Entertainment, your favourite channel for the latest and the best of local entertainment series in English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. We're part of Mediacorp, Singapore’s biggest content creator and national media network, bringing you awesome and award-winning TV shows, radio stations, and digital platforms for all your entertainment and news needs. Want more entertainment? Check out even more series for free on mewatch! Download the app or visit today. Happy watching and follow us on social! Instagram:   / mediacorp   TikTok:   / mediacorp   Facebook:   / mediacorp