Singapore News - Mr Jalil Salleh had been unemployed for more than a year since an accident in 2019 led to the amputation of his right leg. The 53-year-old had to quit his previous job as a technician due to his injury. Two months ago, he finally found a job as a cashier at. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Beppe DeVito, Chef-restaurateur and founder of il Lido Group
The man behind some of Singapore’s buzziest dining concepts wears many hats. Beppe De Vito, founder and owner of il Lido Group, juggles a variety of restaurants ranging from luxe dining destinations Art, Gemma and Michelin-starred Braci, to breezy rooftop bars Levant and Southbridge, to casual restaurant Amò. The dynamic Italian chef certainly seems to have a knack for ideating and executing crowd-pleasing concepts his latest venture is Carne, a joint partnership with chef Mauro Colagreco of three Michelin-starred restaurant Mirazur in France. It ticks all the right boxes in sustainability, a game changer for a restaurant specialising in the icon of the fast-food industry: burgers.
It’s 2021, inclusivity and visibility are no longer just buzzwords but a lens we have to use to view and question everything around us. In the bright and shiny metropolis of Singapore, where we are obsessed with the rat race more than we care to admit, have we done enough to be a truly inclusive society?
Credit – Autism Resource Centre
World Autism Day on 2 April 2021, we speak to
Jacelyn Lim, Executive Director of
Autism Resource Centre to learn more about autism in Singapore and how we can do more as a society.
Besides being one of the leading not-for-profit charity organisations, the Autism Resource Centre also runs the various Professor Brawn outlets across Singapore. Professor Brawn Cafe is more than just a cafe; it functions as a realisation of an inclusive workspace where they employ differently-abled individuals to fulfil the various roles. Such an endeavour does not come without its challenges, so here’s to more inclusive workspaces and a society that caters to
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Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the F&B industry last year, and it continues to affect restaurants, cafes and bars around the world. Many have been closed for extended periods, have had to pivot to survive, or have shut their doors indefinitely. Yet both Michelin and Asia’s 50 Best chose to persevere with their respective awards this year, albeit virtually.
“We feel that our role as an organisation is to help promote great restaurants and by extension the hospitality sector as a whole. As the world tries to recover from the pandemic, the role we play in producing a list brings attention, energy and recognition to the restaurant world,” says William Drew, content director at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. “Of course, it focuses to some degree on the 50 restaurants that are named, but it spreads out further. Producing this list is the best means we have at our disposal to promote the restaurant sector in 2021, to drive its recovery and ultimately encourage people to go back to restau