Chef Bjorn Shen retraces 15 years of friendship with Ming Tan

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For nearly 15 years, Bjorn Shen and Ming Tan went from mentor and mentee to friends who saw each other through the highs and lows of Singapore’s F&B industry. When Ming became a head chef with no professional kitchen management experience, Bjorn was one of the people he looked to for guidance. Ming carried those lessons into Lolla, which was named among Zagat’s top 100 places to eat in the world while he was head chef. At the former site of Lolla, Ming told Bjorn how much his mentorship had shaped the chef he became. But Bjorn saw it differently. To him, Ming was giving him too much credit for success he had earned on his own. Watch the full episode of Meet Me There. #cnainsider #chefs #friendship #food For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Telegram: https://t.me/CNAInsiderSG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnainsider/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/ Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider

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