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South China Morning Post
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025 makes its international bow in Singapore awards ceremony
The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, seen as China's answer to the Michelin Guide, recently held its first overseas awards ceremony. The event, in Singapore, signals the ambition of its publisher for the guide to make a global mark. Advertisement At a ceremony on April 25 at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands complex, Black Pearl's Master Chef Award was presented to Sebastien Lepinoy of Singapore's Les Amis, which has three Michelin stars , in recognition of his decades of work showcasing French culinary excellence in Asia. The Young Chef Award was split between Park Seung-hun of Hong Kong's Hansik Goo , recognised for his modern Korean cooking, and Toraik Chua of Singapore's Zen for his mastery of Nordic-Asian fusion cooking. Four stand-out dishes from different restaurants received Annual Dish Awards, including crispy fried chicken skin with shrimp mousse and salted fish flakes from Macau's Imperial Court, and smoked sugar cane baby pigeon from Hong Kong's Wing restaurant. Tang Yan, the head of the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, addresses guests at the awards ceremony at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands complex. Photo: Meituan Prominent chefs from around Asia were there, including Julien Royer of Odette in Singapore, Hong Kong-based trio Chan Yan-tak of Lung King Heen, Vicky Cheng of VEA and Wing and Richard Ekkebus of Amber , and Tam Kwok-fung of Chef Tam's Seasons in Macau. Advertisement
South China Morning Post
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Why Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025 awards ceremony in Singapore was a coming-out party
The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, seen as China's answer to the Michelin Guide, recently held its first overseas awards ceremony. The event, in Singapore, signals the ambition of its publisher for the guide to make a global mark. Advertisement At a ceremony on April 25 at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands complex, Black Pearl's Master Chef Award was presented to Sebastien Lepinoy of Singapore's Les Amis, which has three Michelin stars , in recognition of his decades of work showcasing French culinary excellence in Asia. The Young Chef Award was split between Park Seung-hun of Hong Kong's Hansik Goo , recognised for his modern Korean cooking, and Toraik Chua of Singapore's Zen for his mastery of Nordic-Asian fusion cooking. Four stand-out dishes from different restaurants received Annual Dish Awards, including crispy fried chicken skin with shrimp mousse and salted fish flakes from Macau's Imperial Court, and smoked sugar cane baby pigeon from Hong Kong's Wing restaurant. Tang Yan, the head of the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, addresses guests at the awards ceremony at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands complex. Photo: Meituan Prominent chefs from around Asia were there, including Julien Royer of Odette in Singapore, Hong Kong-based trio Chan Yan-tak of Lung King Heen, Vicky Cheng of VEA and Wing and Richard Ekkebus of Amber , and Tam Kwok-fung of Chef Tam's Seasons in Macau. Advertisement
Time Out
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
16 restaurants and two chefs from Singapore are recognised in the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025
Singapore is known for its rich hawker heritage, but that's not the only form of cuisine we excel in. Our high-end restaurant scene stays winning too, with plenty of fancy fine-dining establishments receiving recognition in global culinary awards like La Liste and Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 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.
