Time Out and Asia Miles invite three Hong Kong chefs for a sando battle

Representing host restaurant Silencio, is Korean-born, Toronto-raised Chef Yong Soo Do, who was inspired to pursue a culinary career early on by his mother. At Silencio, Yong serves up refined renditions of traditional Japanese izakaya dishes. Yong Soo’s culinary repertoire includes working under Canadian icon Chef Mark McEwan, Hong Kong’s celebrated Chef Vicky Cheng and UK Iron Chef Judy Joo, also crediting ‘Demon Chef’ Alvin Leung as his long time mentor. We expect to see a well-executed contemporary version of the sando using premium Japanese ingredients. 

Kinship’s New Jersey born and raised Chris Grare will be putting up a New World Sando. While working at the Michelin-starred Café Boulud in New York, Chris was approached with a unique opportunity to expand his resume abroad at Café Gray Deluxe in the Upper House hotel, eventually moving on to become Executive Chef of Lily & Bloom. Together with his good friend and fellow star chef Arron Rhodes, the duo made a joint venture with the opening of their first restaurant this year, Kinship. Chris heads up the kitchen showcasing New World cuisine and farm-to-table dining in a familial setting.

Chef Nicholas Chew takes inspiration from his Singapore roots to infuse classical French dishes, offering the city’s first original taste of haute Singaporean-French cuisine at Bibo. Chef Nicholas fuses his visual arts background from his previous career as an interior designer with a breadth of culinary experience that spans years of training in Japan’s kaiseki restaurants and private catering in Melbourne, to working under French culinary luminaries. We look forward to seeing Nicholas take the sando to experimental heights.  

Judgement day

Time Out's discerning audience who, along with our panel of judges, hold the ultimate responsibility of crowning the winner. Along with an appetiser spread, a hearty ramen course and dessert courtesy of Silencio, the party continues with live jazz performances and free-flow specialty cocktails from Nikka and hops from YAU.

This unique dining experience, brought to you by Asia Miles, brings together the flavours of multiple cuisines in delicious sando form to its members and Time Out readers. What’s more, the $888/person ticket means guests can earn 1 Asia Mile for every $2 spent on ticketing. 

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