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Violet Oon was born on 1949 in Malacca, Federation of Malaya, is a chef. Discover Violet Oon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Born 1949
Birthday 1949
Birthplace Malacca, Federation of Malaya
Nationality Singapore

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2018

In 2018, Oon received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Gourmet Summit Awards of Excellence and the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao's Best Asian Restaurants Awards.

2017

From 2017 to 2019, Oon and her children opened three more restaurants in Clarke Quay, ION Orchard, and Jewel Changi Airport which focus on Peranakan as well as British-Hainanese cuisine.

2016

In 2016, Oon was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.

2014

Oon has two children who are co-owners of the Violet Oon restaurants. In June 2014, Oon suffered a stroke from which she recovered.

2012

In 2012, Oon and her two children opened Violet Oon's Kitchen in Bukit Timah initially with a Peranakan menu with Western influences. In 2015, Violet Oon's Kitchen was renamed Violet Oon Singapore and refocused with an entirely Peranakan menu. Later in the same year, Oon and her children opened National Kitchen by Violet Oon at National Gallery Singapore in the National Gallery Singapore.

2009

In 2009, Oon opened another iteration of Violet Oon's Kitchen in Toa Payoh which eventually closed the following year.

1995

In 1995, Oon began operating a food consultancy business that served several major events in Singapore such as the 2006 meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.

1993

In 1993, Oon opened her first restaurant called Violet Oon's Kitchen in the Takashimaya department store in Ngee Ann City. She also operated three cafes starting in 1995, but the restaurant and cafes closed by 1996 due to poor business.

1988

In 1988, Oon was appointed Singapore's food ambassador by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. Her role as food ambassador began with a three-week, eight-city trip to the United States during which she gave food demonstrations and media interviews about Singapore's culinary heritage. Her visits have included a cooking demonstration at the James Beard House. She led Singaporean teams at the World of Flavors Conference and Festival organised by the Culinary Institute of America in 2004, 2007, and 2009.

1974

After graduating from the University of Singapore, Oon was a features and music journalist for the New Nation newspaper. In 1974, she began a food column in New Nation at the request of her then-editor David Kraal. Throughout the 1980s, Oon wrote for The Singapore Monitor. Oon ran a monthly magazine, The Food Paper, from 1987 to 1996.

1971

Violet Oon was born to Peranakan parents Beng Soon Oon and Nancy Oon in Malacca, Federation of Malaya. Oon spent part of her childhood in London where her father worked as an executive at Royal Dutch Shell. Her family later moved to the Katong neighborhood of Singapore. Although her mother never cooked, Oon began cooking at the age of sixteen with her aunts in an effort to document her family recipes. She attended the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1971.

1949

Violet Oon (born 1949) is a Singaporean chef, restaurateur, and food writer known for her food columns, cookbooks, and restaurants specializing in Peranakan cuisine. She has been the food ambassador of Singapore since 1988.