Singaporean Ian Tan is the first Asian chef to win the World Young Chef award with all-Asian dishes. - ST
SINGAPORE: Chef Ian Tan owes a debt to disaster. The kitchen was in a roil: two cooks had called in sick, a thousand diners had to be fed, the waiter was to step up.
Then a boy of 16, Tan was a blithe part-time waiter with no designs on cooking when he was thrust behind the swinging doors.
