Singapore Home Chef Idol 2021

Do you feel you’ve got a recipe as good as the secret Krabby Patty recipe from Spongebob, but never gotten the chance to showcase it?

Presenting our 9 Singapore Home Chef Idols!

🤔 What Is Home Chef Idol All About? This video answers it all!

Judges

Leon Lim
Leon Lim
MasterChef Singapore Season 2 1st Runner-up

Instagram: @leonlimcl

Category: Spicy Food

Leon Lim has been an avid home cook for the past 16 years. Most notably, he was crowned as the 1st Runner-up of MasterChef Singapore Season and has gone on to open his own Halal Cafe, Creatr., in collaboration with Local Halal Ice Cream Cafe Chain, Three’s A Crowd Cafe.

Leon Lim has been an avid home cook for the past 16 years. Most notably, he was crowned as the 1st Runner-up of MasterChef Singapore Season and has gone on to open his own Halal Cafe, Creatr., in collaboration with Local Halal Ice Cream Cafe Chain, Three’s A Crowd Cafe.

Jamie Yeo
Jamie Yeo
Media Personality / Founder of Lula J Jewelry

Instagram: @iamjamieyeo

Category: Kids & Family

Former actress /  radio presenter who’s now a full-time Mama and entrepreneur / content creator, Jamie loves whipping up healthy and tasty dishes with her family. The person who cooks most in her household though, is her husband!

Former actress /  radio presenter who’s now a full-time Mama and entrepreneur / content creator, Jamie loves whipping up healthy and tasty dishes with her family. The person who cooks most in her household though, is her husband!

Bryan
Trainer, ABC Cooking Studio Singapore

Instagram: @bryanng_abccookingsg

Western

Instructor Bryan is an instructor at ABC Cooking Studio Singapore (Funan Studio) and a trainer for cooking course. Other than conducting lessons, he has also done hosting and appeared in cooking tutorial videos to feature products from brand partners.

Instructor Bryan is an instructor at ABC Cooking Studio Singapore (Funan Studio) and a trainer for cooking course. Other than conducting lessons, he has also done hosting and appeared in cooking tutorial videos to feature products from brand partners.

Chef Kai

Instagram: @chezkaisg

Bread + Beef & Lamb Perfect Moments

Having worked in acclaimed establishments of varying cuisines both locally and in Paris, Chef Kai started up his home dining establishment Chez Kai serving up modern Franco-Chinois cuisine

Having worked in acclaimed establishments of varying cuisines both locally and in Paris, Chef Kai started up his home dining establishment Chez Kai serving up modern Franco-Chinois cuisine

Leslie Koh
aka #RiceCookerMan

Instagram: @leslie.koh

Air Fryer & Ricecooker

Also known as the #RiceCookerMan, you may have come across Leslie’s insanely viral recipes on Facebook where he whips up popular dishes like muah chee using only a rice cooker. He is a huge foodie at heart and lives by his slogan of “Life’s too short for lousy food.”

Also known as the #RiceCookerMan, you may have come across Leslie’s insanely viral recipes on Facebook where he whips up popular dishes like muah chee using only a rice cooker. He is a huge foodie at heart and lives by his slogan of “Life’s too short for lousy food.”

Eric Neo
Executive Chef

Instagram: @ericneobn

Food Trends

“To All Home Cooks! Come join in the fun!”

“To All Home Cooks! Come join in the fun!”

Diana Gale
The Domestic Goddess Wannabe

Instagram: @domestic_goddess_wannabe

Category: Dessert

Having started cooking and baking at the age of 10, Diana Gale is a 2-time winner of the Best Cooking Blog in the Singapore Blog Awards and a full-time culinary instructor. Her hands-on cooking and baking workshops empower you with the ability to recreate mouth-watering bakes and dishes for your family and friends, completely fuss-free! She is also the author of “The Domestic Goddess Wannabe Bakes” which represented Singapore for Best in the World in the Gourmand World Awards 2019 for the categories A13 Blogger and E03 Pastry. Check her workshops out at www.dgwworkshops.com!

Having started cooking and baking at the age of 10, Diana Gale is a 2-time winner of the Best Cooking Blog in the Singapore Blog Awards and a full-time culinary instructor. Her hands-on cooking and baking workshops empower you with the ability to recreate mouth-watering bakes and dishes for your family and friends, completely fuss-free! She is also the author of “The Domestic Goddess Wannabe Bakes” which represented Singapore for Best in the World in the Gourmand World Awards 2019 for the categories A13 Blogger and E03 Pastry. Check her workshops out at www.dgwworkshops.com!

Chef Pang Kok Keong

Instagram: @chef_pang

Category: Seafood

Chef owner at Pang’s Hakka Noodles and Chef at The Foreign Project Group. Chef Pang oversees the continuing menu and product development at all it’s outlets.

Chef owner at Pang’s Hakka Noodles and Chef at The Foreign Project Group. Chef Pang oversees the continuing menu and product development at all it’s outlets.

Our Partners

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San Remo
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Indomie
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Seaco
True Aussie Beef and Lamb
True Aussie Beef and Lamb
SongHe
Ricefield
EuropAce

The format of the competition will be split into 2 stages, namely the Qualifying Round and the Contest Round.

Qualifying Round (11th Oct to 22nd Nov)

In order to qualify for the contest, you’ll have to participate in ANY 3 challenges in the YoRipe application from 11th Oct to 22nd Nov.

This can be easily accessed by downloading the YoRipe app and navigating to “Challenges”, where you can find any suitable challenge to participate in based on your own interest!

Once you’ve completed the 3 challenges, you’ll be cordially invited to the Contest round.

Challenges Page

Contest (8th Nov to 22nd Nov)

In the Contest round, you’ll be required to participate in at least one of these 10 categories to submit your recipe:

Air Fryer & Ricecooker
Bread
Chinese
Dessert
Food Trends
Kids & Family
Seafood
Spicy Food
Beef & Lamb Perfect Moments
Western
Air Fryer & Ricecooker
Bread
Chinese
Dessert
Food Trends
Kids & Family
Seafood
Spicy Food
Beef & Lamb Perfect Moments
Western

Upon submitting your recipe in the YoRipe application, you’ll be able to invite your friends and family to vote for you!

Rules and Regulations

Qualifying Round

  • Participants have to submit 3 unique posts with 3 different hashtags (i.e using 3 unique hashtags on one post does not count)
  • The 3 posts must be of different food pictures. 3 posts using the same picture but with different hashtags do not count
Event Rules

Contest Round

  • Each participant can submit more than one recipe per category
  • You are allowed to participate in multiple categories
  • You are not allowed to use the same recipe for multiple categories
  • Each category can only have 1 unique winner (i.e you cannot win for multiple categories)
  • Should each category not have enough participants (i.e 3 participants or less), we will combine it to the closest category