KF Seetoh

KF Seetoh
KF Seetoh
Born	1962 (age 61–62); Singapore
Other names	Situ Guohui
Education	St. Joseph's Institution
Alma mater	Baharuddin Vocational Institute
Occupation(s)	Food critic, photographer
Years active	1983–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	司徒國輝
Simplified Chinese	司徒国辉
Hanyu Pinyin	Sītú Guóhuī

Seetoh Kok Fye (born 1962),^[1]^[2] better known as KF Seetoh, is a Singaporean food critic and photographer.

The fourth of five children, Seetoh attended St. Joseph's Institution and the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. Beginning in 1983, he worked as a photographer The Straits Times, but left in 1990 to establish his own photographic studio.^[3] In 1998, Seetoh and Lim Moh Cher founded Makansutra (a portmanteau combining "makan" and "sutra"),^[4] a food guide publisher dedicated to Asian cuisine.^[5]

In 2008, Seetoh was awarded the Special Recognition Award by the Singapore Tourism Board.^[6]

Seetoh collaborated with Urbanspace, a company managing food halls in the United States, to open a Singaporean hawker centre, near Times Square, New York, in 2022.^[7]

References

^ Sulaiman, Suhaila (28 May 2001). "Drama fix on the news". The Straits Times. p. 11.
^ Yap, Jan. "K. F. Seetoh". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^ "The 10 per cent man". The Straits Times. 6 March 2006. p. 4.
^ Apple, R. W. Jr. (10 September 2003). "Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper". The New York Times.
^ Seetoh, KF (4 January 2015). "7 items to take you to yong tau foo heaven". The New Paper. p. 26.
^ "Taking the honours in the tourism industry". The Straits Times. 5 March 2008. pp. H2.
^ Auto, Hermes (3 November 2021). "Makansutra founder K.F. Seetoh to open S'pore food hall in New York with US partner | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[1] Sulaiman, Suhaila (28 May 2001). "Drama fix on the news". The Straits Times. p. 11.

[2] Yap, Jan. "K. F. Seetoh". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

[3] "The 10 per cent man". The Straits Times. 6 March 2006. p. 4.

[nyt-4] Apple, R. W. Jr. (10 September 2003). "Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper". The New York Times.

[5] Seetoh, KF (4 January 2015). "7 items to take you to yong tau foo heaven". The New Paper. p. 26.

[6] "Taking the honours in the tourism industry". The Straits Times. 5 March 2008. pp. H2.

[7] Auto, Hermes (3 November 2021). "Makansutra founder K.F. Seetoh to open S'pore food hall in New York with US partner | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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