OUR PARTNERS

RPB Asia and its co-located events work closely with F&B suppliers, associations and industry professionals to seek advice on content and direction. The Organisers appreciate the advisory contribution from industry experts with specialist knowledge of the F&B landscape in Asia.

We would like to thank our partners for their contributions made to the development of the shows.

2022 INDUSTRY AMBASSADORS

Eve Felder

Managing Director, Culinary Institute of America, Singapore (CIA, SG)

Eve Felder is the only female culinary associate dean, leading a team of 45 chef faculty in developing curriculum and implementing operational processes for skill based laboratories, production kitchens, global flavors and techniques classes and for 3 public restaurants. She also provides coaching and mentorship to all newly hired culinary faculty. Eve developed the Women in Leadership initiative at the CIA and coordinated multiple industry forums with leaders in the foodservice industry for 2800 students and staff members at the CIA.

Michael Habboush

Director, Deal Advisory, KPMG

Michael leads the consumer sector for KPMG Consulting in Singapore and supports his clients across the region in their digital finance transformation and growth ambitions. He has a history of delivering cross-country engagements for tier 1 FMCG and retail organisations as well as enabling investments in and growth of specialty producers.

Emmanuel Benardos

General Manager, Food & Beverage, Fairmont Singapore & Swissôtel The Stamford

With over 23 years of experience, seasoned hospitality professional Emmanuel Benardos has extensive experience in the management of all aspects from food and beverage to hotel, leisure and entertainment. In his current role as General Manager, Food & Beverage, Emmanuel is responsible for the strategic direction and operations of over 15 distinctive restaurants and bars within Fairmont Singapore & Swissôtel The Stamford.

Andrew Ing

COO, OUE Restaurants

Andrew carries over 30 years of industry experience in marketing, events, F&B/nightlife operations and management to The Lo & Behold Group. He was formerly the marketing manager of Zouk where he created and produced the first ZoukOut festival in 2000. He is currently the Secretary of the Singapore Nightlife Business Association and a Management Committee member of the Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS).

Chef Edmund Toh

President, Disciples Escoffier International – Singapore Delegation
Vice President, Culinary, Iron Chef F&B Pte Ltd

Chef Edmund was previously the Assistant Vice President of Food & Beverage Culinary at Resorts World Sentosa for five years where he was responsible for more than 30 kitchens in Singapore’s first integrated resort, before moving onto Rasel Catering Singapore and Purple Sage Group as the Director of Culinary. He is also an Advisory Chef for SHATEC Singapore, an Honorary President of Singapore Chefs’ Association and a Mentor Chef for Singapore’s award-winning National Culinary Team since 2014.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Established in 2001, Meat Traders' Association (Singapore) is an association with members from the meat production and trading industry in Singapore. We have 76 members comprising of 55 ordinary members and 21 associate members. Since then we have been developing our import and export network across the world, recently reaching out to Taiwan, France and Latin America to diversify our sources.

The Singapore Coffee Association (SCA) was established in the late 1950’s by a group of pioneering coffee traders. During the ensuing years, coffee trade developed rapidly due to the enterprise and hard work of the traders. Singapore gained recognition as one of the coffee centres of the world.

Today, as a result of the transformation, Singapore Coffee Association’s membership represents all sectors of the coffee industry, from green coffee supply chain providers, international and national roasters to well-known coffee retailers.

Established in 1967, the Singapore Food Manufacturers’ Association (SFMA) is a professional and active trade association with more than 460 members. Today, SFMA organises more than 60 industry activities annually such as the monthly capabilities workshops, overseas Tasty Singapore tradeshows and supermarket promotions, overseas study and trade missions, networking and business matching sessions. SFMA has also championed several industry initiatives that are aligned to the Food Manufacturing Industry Transformation Map, such as Food Innovation Product Award, Singapore Food Gifts Initiative, the Singapore Food Expo and Asia Pacific Food Expo to help food manufacturers innovate, internationalise and create new channels for business growth.

EMPLOYABILITY PARTNER

e2i is the empowering network for workers and employers seeking employment and employability solutions. e2i serves as a bridge between workers and employers, connecting with workers to offer job security through job-matching, career guidance and skills upgrading services, and partnering employers to address their manpower needs through recruitment, training and job redesign solutions. e2i is a tripartite initiative of the National Trades Union Congress set up to support nation-wide manpower and skills upgrading initiatives.

SPONSORS

Huber’s Butchery has grown to be a reputable name in gourmet meat in Singapore. Huber’s Butchery is a family owned business driven by the desire to deliver the highest quality meats at competitive prices. A pioneer in the local gourmet industry, it is committed to always innovating and improving to stay at the forefront of the butchering industry. It is constantly on the lookout for higher quality sustainable products that will meet the strict demands of discerning chefs and consumers. By using traditional butchery methods coupled with old family recipes, they ensure their imported meat is presented as delicious and wholesome as possible. This passion to always stay ahead of the curve, coupled with the highest food safety standards and top notch friendly service make Huber’s Butcher undeniably the country’s finest butcher.

In the last decade, a lot has changed in draught beer system – technology has advanced. But one thing remains unchanged – Cold One Beverages Dispense Solutions is dedicated to doing the best quality work in the region. We keep an old fashioned attitude about work, and that is work needs to be done as promised. We believe in seeing things differently. Most importantly ensuring, very pint of beer is Fresh and COLD. More and more, that means relying on our brilliant draught beer specialists and hardworking technicians working in tandem. We are market leader in the remote beer system in Singapore.

VektroPack supplies a range of innovative packaging products for the Food, Baby Care, Personal & Hygiene, Industrial & Agriculture industries. Our wide range of products all meet international quality standards and are produced to satisfy customers requirements in the everchanging food and packaging industry. Our products include Flexible, Rigid and Printed Cardboard Packaging which are all manufactured on state-of-art machines at its various plants and operations. Our entrepreneurial and packaging expertise spans over a decade providing you, our customer, with extensive experience and world-class solutions to your packaging needs.