Celebrated chef Mathew Leong eats stress for breakfast

Crazy Smart Asia

“To do something great, you need to have focus, discipline and consistency,” says Mathew Leong, executive chef of the award-winning restaurant Re-naa, on the Crazy Smart Asia podcast. In conversation with Tatler Gen.T’s Chong Seow Wei, the Stavanger-based Singaporean chef opens up about moving to Norway with just $500 in his pocket, how competition is key to being your best self and why he rarely cooks at home.

00:34 Introducing Matthew Leong

01:17 Matthew's early culinary start

02:27 The path to becoming a chef

03:54 A competitive streak

04:42 Working at world-renowned Re-naa

07:45 Chef life lessons

11:05 Preparing for Bocuse d'Or

12:56 Future goals

18:31 Final thoughts

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