During the pandemic, Rishi Arora, a Singaporean of north Indian descent, founded Part Thai as a food delivery business. The idea came about after friends had tried his Thai food multiple times and persuaded him to try his hand at this.
“In the end, I was booked solid and I was on my feet cooking throughout the Circuit Breaker, which led me to consider pursuing this as a full time gig and growing the business. Private dining seemed like the obvious next step, so I left my job and started hosting small groups of five until I could host more customers.”
The son of a first-generation Thai citizen and a first-generation Singaporean, he shares, “My family moved to Thailand during my secondary education, and I lived there for close to 20 years before moving back to Singapore in 2018.” Having studied pastry and cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu Dusit in Thailand, Arora opened Tribeca, an all-day brunch restaurant in Bangkok.
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