KF Seetoh

KF Seetoh
BornDecember 1962 (age 63)
Singapore
Other nameSitu Guohui
EducationSt. Joseph's Institution
Alma materBaharuddin Vocational Institute
OccupationsFood critic, photographer
Years active1983–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese司徒國輝
Simplified Chinese司徒国辉
Hanyu PinyinSītú Guóhuī

Seetoh Kok Fye (born December 1962), better known as KF Seetoh, is a Singaporean food critic and photographer.

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. In 1998, Seetoh and Lim Moh Cher founded Makansutra (a portmanteau combining "makan" and "sutra"), a food guide publisher dedicated to Asian cuisine.

In 2008, Seetoh was awarded the Special Recognition Award by the Singapore Tourism Board.

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. Urban Hawker ceased operations in July 2026 when the space was sold for redevelopment.

On December 21, 2024, Seetoh's brother Kwok Meng died in a suspected gas explosion at his holiday villa in Italy.

References

  1. ↑ Sulaiman, Suhaila (28 May 2001). "Drama fix on the news". The Straits Times. p. 11.
  2. ↑ Yap, Jan. "K. F. Seetoh". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "The 10 per cent man". The Straits Times. 6 March 2006. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Apple, R. W. Jr. (10 September 2003). "Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Seetoh, KF (4 January 2015). "7 items to take you to yong tau foo heaven". The New Paper. p. 26.
  6. ↑ "Taking the honours in the tourism industry". The Straits Times. 5 March 2008. pp. H2.
  7. ↑ Auto, Hermes (3 November 2021). "Makansutra founder K.F. Seetoh to open S'pore food hall in New York with US partner | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Brennan, Martha (1 July 2026). "Anthony Bourdain's Posthumous Dream Food Hall Is Closing Its Doors After Just 5 Years". Tasting Table. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Mujibah, Fatimah (23 December 2024). "Makansutra's K.F. Seetoh's brother killed in suspected gas explosion in Italy". The Straits Times.