How Singapore’s celebrity chef Justin Quek spends his private time
When he’s not busy opening new restaurants or advising Nicholas Tse, the celebrity chef likes to host exquisite dinner parties for friends and family – and relax at secret whiskey bars
Before settling down in his seat, celebrity chef Justin Quek turns to his wait staff and rattles off a list of dishes to serve for lunch. He decides to go Asian, starting with a tangy treat to whet the appetite – hot and sour soup.
He’s supposed to be talking about what he does in his spare time, though given the frenetic pace of his trendy French-Asian restaurant Sky on 57 at the top of Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, it’s a wonder he gets any. On this occasion, he juggles being interviewed with entertaining at least three other tables of lunch guests.
However, his time management, like his food, is impeccable. He opens up about his non-working hours even as he makes the rounds, never missing a beat.
“What would you like to know?” he asks with a genial smile, before saying that when he’s not hard at work in one of his restaurant kitchens he’s “hard at work cooking at home”.
He whips out his mobile phone and shows picture after picture of his home-cooked meals.
