Janice Wong was born on 1983 and is a Singaporean artist, chocolatier, chef, and entrepreneur.
10 Facts About Janice Wong
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Janice Wong has worked with a number of notable chefs, including Spain's Juan Mari Arzak, Americans Thomas Keller and Grant Achatz, and French pastry chef Pierre Herme.
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Janice Wong cites Achatz and renowned Catalonian pastry chef Oriol Balaguer as influences on her work.
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Three years later, Janice Wong established her first business, 2am:dessert bar, in Singapore's Holland Village in 2007.
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Janice Wong opened a pop-up dessert bar in Melbourne, and entered the Japanese market with a 2am:dessertbar Tokyo location.
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Janice Wong was a guest judge alongside Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and Nilou Motamed for the season 17 finale of Top Chef in 2020.
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Janice Wong self-published a cookbook in 2011 titled Perfection in Imperfection and co-authored a second cookbook in 2013 titled Dim Sum.
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Janice Wong has written two citrus cookbooks, one on Kochi yuzu in 2012, and A Taste of Kochi Citrus in 2018, published by the Kochi Representative Office in Singapore.
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Janice Wong speaks internationally on her culinary philosophy, which she uses in part to represent Singapore.
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Every year Janice Wong has showcased about 40 edible art exhibitions for public and private events, including for high-end brands in fashion, automotive, and skincare, such as Bally, Prada, Ferrari, Audi, Hermes, Olay, and L'Occitane.