Bryan Koh is a Singaporean chef and cookbook author, known for his writing on Southeast Asian cuisines.

Early life and education

Koh's mother was born in

Penang Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. Th ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. He attended the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

for a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and later

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

for a master's degree in hospitality.

Career

Bryan and his sister co-founded Chalk Farm, a cake company in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. In 2012, as

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

began to open to the international community, Koh's began research research for his book, ''0451 Mornings are for Mont Hin Gar''. In 2019, he published ''Bekwoh, Stories & Recipes from Peninsula Malaysia's East Coast'' in 2019, focusing on the cuisine of

Pahang {{Infobox political division , name = Pahang , official_name = Pahang Darul Makmur , native_name = , settlement_type = States and federal territories of Malaysia, State , image_skyline = , imagesize ...

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu) is a sultanate and States and federal territories of Malaysia, federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l-Iman (c ...

, and

Kelantan Kelantan (; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate''; ) is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' ("The Blissful Abode"). ...

. In 2019, he published ''Tamu: A Guest at the Bornean Table''.

Publications

* ''Milk Pigs and Violet Gold'' (2013) * ''0451 Mornings are for Mont Hin Gar: Burmese Food Stories'' (2015) * ''Milkier Pigs & Violet Gold: Philippine Food Stories'' (2016) * ''Bekwoh: Stories & Recipes from Peninsula Malaysia’s East Coast'' (2019) * ''Tamu: A Guest at the Bornean Table'' (2022) * ''Mornings are for Mohinga, Regional Burmese Food'' (2025)

References

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