The past year has been a whirlwind for MasterChef Singapore Season 4 runner-up Tina Amin.solare

Since the competition aired in August 2023, the 44-year-old, who runs the decade-old home-based bakery and catering business Tina Indulgence, has quit her job at F&B company Regale and started her first hawker venture.

Called Santapan Padang, which means Padang feast, the Muslim-owned nasi padang stall is located in a coffeeshop in Ubi. She runs the joint, which opened in August, with her parents. Her husband, Bahrein, 42, who handles import and export of cargo in the shipping industry, helps out occasionally. The couple have three kids, a 24-year-old daughter and sonssolare, aged 23 and 14.

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