KF Seetoh
Singaporean food critic (born 1962)
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Seetoh Kok Fye (born December 1962),[1][2] better known as KF Seetoh, is a Singaporean food critic and photographer.
KF Seetoh | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 1962 (age 63) |
| Other name | Situ Guohui |
| Education | St. Joseph's Institution |
| Alma mater | Baharuddin Vocational Institute |
| Occupations | Food critic, photographer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 司徒國輝 |
| Simplified Chinese | 司徒国辉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Sītú Guóhuī |
The fourth of five children, Seetoh attended St. Joseph's Institution and the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. Beginning in 1983, he worked as a photographer The Straits Times, but left in 1990 to establish his own photographic studio.[3] In 1998, Seetoh and Lim Moh Cher founded Makansutra (a portmanteau combining "makan" and "sutra"),[4] a food guide publisher dedicated to Asian cuisine.[5]
In 2008, Seetoh was awarded the Special Recognition Award by the Singapore Tourism Board.[6]
Inspired by a collaboration with Anthony Bourdain before his passing in 2018, Seetoh collaborated with Urbanspace, a company managing food halls in the United States, to open a Singaporean hawker centre near Times Square, New York, in 2022.[7] Urban Hawker ceased operations in July 2026 when the space was sold for redevelopment.[8]
On December 21, 2024, Seetoh's brother Kwok Meng died in a suspected gas explosion at his holiday villa in Italy.[9]