Restaurant Labyrinth to have 2-day collaboration with Culinary Class Wars' Choi Hyun-seok
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PUBLISHED ONJune 12, 2025 4:11 AMBYMelissa Teo If you've been keeping up with cooking show Chef and My Fridge, you would have seen the intense showdown between South Korean chef Choi Hyun-seok - who also starred in Culinary Class Wars - and local chef Han Liguang (also known as Chef LG Han).
Curious to try the dishes they created during the competition? You now can because the chefs will be having an exclusive two-day collaboration on July 13 and 14.
The event will be held at Liguang's Michelin-starred Restaurant Labyrinth and will have a 7pm and 7.30pm seating, shared a post on Restaurant Labyrinth's Instagram on Wednesday (June 11).
Speaking to AsiaOne, Liguang shared that the event menu will feature dishes that both chefs competed with on the show, which are his Chili Crab using Korean ingredients and Hyun-seok's Fried Pork "Sundae" stuffed with vermicelli, crab and squid with makgeolli-banana milk sauce.
"We will also be collaborating on a main course where we fuse Chef Choi's take on the traditional Korean Samgyetang with Singapore’s iconic Chicken Rice dish," he shared.
"Aside from this, Chef Choi will be serving up dishes such as his rendition of Ganjang Gejang alongside my locally inspired dishes like he me tng."
Liguang explained that the collaboration was inspired by the show the pair competed in.
"Following the success of the Chef and My Fridge competition and recognising the significant public's positive response to the show, we decided to finally firm up a collaboration that’s been in the works for years," he said.
"Our shared culinary philosophies based on innovation and interaction, coupled with an eight-year friendship, naturally formed the foundation for this collaborative event."
This would be the first time the pair have a collaboration event.
The event is ticketed and costs $368++ per pax. Bookings are to be made via email at reservations@labyrinth.com.sg
Liguang founded Restaurant Labyrinth in 2014 and his dishes are inspired by his Singapore roots. In 2017, the establishment earned its first Michelin star.
He was the first-ever chef to represent Singapore on Chef and My Fridge.
Hyun-seok is currently the head chef at Choi, a Korean-European fusion restaurant in Seoul.
In 2024, he appeared on competitive cooking show Culinary Class Wars and was one of the final eight contestants.
Prior to Chef and My Fridge and the collaboration, both of them had been friends for almost a decade and the pair met eight years ago in Singapore during a Singapore Tourism Board editorial shoot.
During the show, Liguang had specifically chosen Hyun-seok as his opponent as a testament to their long-standing friendship.
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