KF Seetoh | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Other names | Situ Guohui |
Education | St. Joseph's Institution |
Alma mater | Baharuddin Vocational Institute |
Occupations |
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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, author, restaurateur, and television personality.
The fourth of five children, Seetoh attended St. Joseph's Institution and the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. Beginning in 1983, he worked as a photographer for local newspaper 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 2021, Seetoh collaborated with Urbanspace, a company managing food halls in the United States, to open a Singaporean hawker centre, near Times Square, New York, United States in 2022. [6]
In 2008, Seetoh was awarded the Special Recognition Award by the Singapore Tourism Board at the Singapore Tourism Awards. [7]