{"id":245,"date":"2014-04-15T18:06:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T09:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peatix.com\/article\/backstage-pass-meet-the-lady-behind-social-initiative-culture-kitchen"},"modified":"2015-05-11T05:16:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T09:16:22","slug":"backstage-pass-meet-the-lady-behind-social-initiative-culture-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/backstage-pass-meet-the-lady-behind-social-initiative-culture-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstage Pass: Meet the lady behind social initiative, Culture Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Adrianna Tan<\/strong> is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/culturekitchen.sg\">Culture Kitchen<\/a>, a social initiative to gather people from all walks of life, all nationalities and cultures, and all languages and beliefs, to bond and celebrate Singapore&#8217;s diversity over a meal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/Adrianna_Tan.png\" alt=\"Adrianna Tan of Culture Kitchen\" height=\"197\" width=\"630\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>She will take the stage amongst seven other speakers at <a href=\"http:\/\/backstagepass5.peatix.com\">Backstage Pass<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/peatix.com\">Peatix<\/a>&#8216;s community event for organisers. In the lead up to Backstage Pass, Adrianna shares a little snippet into her thoughts on #HomeGrownSG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite Local\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nFood: <em>Laksa<\/em><br \/>\nChill-out spot: <em>Spiffy Dapper<\/em><br \/>\nEvent: <em>Samsara parties at Going Om<\/em><br \/>\nKitchen\/Hawker: <em>Amazing Pakistani food at Usman in Desker Road, especially the haleem and nihari<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The best part about organising events in Singapore is<\/strong> <em>people are really passionate about causes; you just have to press the right buttons<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The thorn in our flesh when organising events is<\/strong> <em>permits, licensing and the general inability to interface with the public without a ton of paperwork<\/em> <strong>but we nipped it in the bud through<\/strong> <em>general resourcefulness and ingenuity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Open collaboration<\/em> <strong>is #HomeGrownSG to me!<\/strong><em> Everything amazing about Singapore comes from fusion, learning and sharing. Such as our food. Like this &#8220;homok&#8221;, a Thai otah curry in a coconut. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/Adrianna_Thai_Coconut_Curry.png\" alt=\"Thai Otah Curry\" height=\"441\" width=\"630\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><font size = 1>Image Credit: Adrianna Tan<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Hear more from Adrianna about growing <a href=\"http:\/\/culturekitchen.sg\">Culture Kitchen<\/a> from the ground-up in Singapore and join other event organisers in discussing more #HomeGrownSG event ideas! Get your tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/backstagepass5.peatix.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backstagepass5.peatix.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/Backstage_Pass_5.png\" alt=\"Backstage Pass by Peatix #HomeGrownSG\" height=\"249\" width=\"630\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet the other speakers at Backstage Pass:<\/strong><br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/sg\/backstage-pass-meet-the-man-behind-start-up-event-walkabout-singapore\">Justin Hall, co-organiser of Walkabout Singapore<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/sg\/backstage-pass-meet-man-behind-community-whitespace-for-tech-and-innovation\">William Hooi, founder of Singapore Makers<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/sg\/backstage-pass-meet-lady-night-cycling-safety-initiative-see-and-be-seen\">Lim Su Pei, founding member of See and Be Seen<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/sg\/backstage-pass-man-behind-monthly-breakfast-lecture-series-creativemornings\">Richard Korff, co-organiser of CreativeMornings Singapore<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/sg\/backstage-pass-meet-man-behind-singapores-first-themed-pub-crawl-organiser\">Mogan Vithilingam, co-founder of Singapore Pub Crawl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven organisers take the stage at Backstage Pass, Peatix&#8217;s community event for organisers and talk #HomeGrownSG: Growing events from the ground up in Singapore. 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