16 restaurants and two chefs from Singapore are recognised in the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025
Now here's another gourmet-related achievement to celebrate. The first-ever overseas award ceremony for the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide was recently hosted at Marina Bay Sands on April 25, 2025, and Singapore has an impressive record high of 16 restaurants as part of the winning line-up. Out of these, five are new entrants on the list, namely: Cassia, Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, Peach Blossoms, Seroja, and Waku Ghin – all of which scored a one-diamond award. Peach Blossoms also bags the 2025 Annual Dish Award for its Crispy Scales Fillet of Marble Goby in Spicy Pineapple Sauce, pictured below.
On top of that, two Singapore-based chefs are also named in Black Pearl's 2025 Chef Awards, with the Master Chef Award going to Sebastien Lepinoy from Les Amis – whose restaurant scores the highest rating of three diamonds in this year's Black Pearl ranking; while the Young Chef Award is bagged by Toraik Chua from three-Michelin-starred fusion restaurant Zén.
The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide is helmed by Chinese tech company Meituan, and it's the first international food guide based on Chinese dining standards. See below for the full list of winners from Singapore for 2025.
Three-diamond restaurants:
Les Amis
Odette
Two-diamond restaurants:
Jaan by Kirk Westaway
One-diamond restaurants:
Burnt Ends
Candlenut
Cassia (new entrant)
Cloudstreet
Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant (new entrant)
Peach Blossoms (PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay) (new entrant)
Meta Restaurant
Restaurant Born
Seroja (new entrant)
Summer Pavilion
Teochew Restaurant Huat Kee
Waku Ghin (new entrant)
Zén
2025 Chef Awards
Sebastien Lepinoy from Les Amis: Master Chef Award
Toraik Chua from Zén: Young Chef Award
2025 Annual Dish Award
Crispy Scales Fillet of Marble Goby in Spicy Pineapple Sauce from Peach Blossoms
Check out the full list of winners on the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025.
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