Comment on Singaporeans are used to paying less than $5 for a meal. This 30-year-old chef charges double, and diners keep coming.

Singaporeans are used to paying less than $5 for a meal. This 30-year-old chef charges double, and diners keep coming.

Gwyneth Ang sitting in front of the open kitchen of her new restaurant, One Prawn & Co.Business Insider/ Erin LiamGwyneth Ang got her first job at Burnt Ends, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Singapore.She went on to open a hawker stall selling prawn noodles, which later expanded into a casual eatery.Now, Ang has opened a modern Asian seafood restaurant in a trendy new shopping center.It's a full-circle moment for Gwyneth Ang, 30, as she sits on a bar stool in front of the open kitchen of her new restaurant.She started out as an intern at a Michelin-starred restaurant, where she shadowed chefs and took notes.Now, she's leading a team of five chefs at her own restaurant.One Prawn & Co is an 80-seater restaurant in New Bahru, a trendy new shopping center in Singapore built in a former high school.

 

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