About Chef Alex
When asked why did he decide to start his home-baking
business now, Chef Alex said that he wanted to do this ‘donkey
years ago’. But he did not explain why it was not ‘monkey
years ago’ or ‘hippo years ago’. However, he
insisted it was not a racist remark. He did say that he used to
live in a rented place where the owner had a most adorable but
dumb dog called: GoAwayYouStupidDog!
Due to limited space and a not so favorable working environment
caused by GoAwayYouStupidDog!, Chef Alex wasn’t able to
bake a thing to save his life. Although, he added, GoAwayYouStupidDog!
made a most wonderful portable dish cloth.
Now that Chef Alex has moved to his own place, this is the perfect
time to do it. He discovered his passion for baking in a local
bakery while working through his college years where he studied
Accounting. He also claimed to have the mathematical aptitude
of a retarded potato, and the benefits and fun of being an accountant
just don’t add up. So he decided to take the hard way out
of becoming a baker (or a pastry chef, but who can tell?). It
is very hard, he said, to decide how much cakes and pastries to
eat everyday.
After a few years of working in Seoul and Hong Kong training bakers,
Chef Alex decided not to work abroad anymore because every time
he comes back to Singapore, he gets confused by new MRT lines,
giving him headaches, in his right elbow.
Chef Alex doesn’t really care for cakes with overly fanciful
names; cupcakes; Hairy Porter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets;
cupcakes; Hairy Porter and the Kidney Stone;
cupcakes; Hairy Porter and the Half-brained Prince;
cupcakes; Spice No-More-Girls; local talent contests and last
but not least, cupcakes.
He does not suffer from Monday blues. He only has Monday blue
black, after vigorous ball games on Sundays.
In his spare time, he sings to his orange and apricot trees, in
his 5-pot garden. Yes, he only has 5 flower pots in his garden.
Incidentally his favorite song is ‘Don’t Cry for Me
Argentina’, the Hokkien version.
His favorite quote is: Give a man a fish and you feed him for
a day. Teach a man to fish, when you have absolutely nothing better
to do.
The only Confucianism that he believes in and practises is: Everytime
the mountains won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the
mountains, with 25 bulldozers.
His life motto is “Life is short, eat cake”.
He misses GoAwayYouStupidDog! very much. |
