Executive Chef from Kyujin, Alex Ting Ming Wei

I started my early career in F&B as a bar tender in 2008, from there I realized my interested in finding out how is ingredients being process and done in magical way. After my graduation in Taiwan at National Kaohsiung Univeristy of Hospitality & Tourism, I started my professional career in Singapore for 3 years, to continue learning and firming my basic. I decide to head back to my hometown in Sibu after so many years away, that was the time I realized that my homeland is so underrated with the vibrant of culture and natural resources, that was year 2014 that I started up my small restaurant, working on all the ingredients which cant be found on the net, I was inside our hunt & gather market of Sibu (was biggest in SEA) to talk to the folks, writing down on my notes and recording all the method of preparations. I spent 4 years on working on the ingredients, until expiration of my rent premise, then I decide to get back to the big city, Shanghai, where my restaurant Alma was awarded with Michelin bib gourmand 2019, Michelin Plates 2020, etc…with all my Spanish cooking knowledge that I learnt in my early career life. That was during the Chinese New Year of 2021, that I came back to Malaysia and never get back in to Shanghai due to pandemic, our director board decided to close down Alma, and I found Kyujin, to continue my journey of exploring Sarawakian food & culture.

Highlight:
2018 Hollywood Movie Cast Catering ‘Crazy Rich Asian’ in Kuala Lumpur
2018 Shanghai Michelin Guide ‘Bib Gourmand’, Alma
2019 Shanghai Dining City Restaurant Week, Category B, two times Gold restaurant for Spring & Autumn Menu 2019 Shanghai Michelin Guide ‘Plate’, Alma
2022 Mahasiti Langkawai launching, serving Tun Mahathir, ex PM.
2022 Lanching of Sarawakian Product for Carus Group, serving YAB Datuk Patinggi Tun Sri Dr Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari, Chief Minister of Sarawak