{"id":78494,"date":"2026-08-22T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78494"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:26:00","slug":"a-dinner-thats-also-a-play-at-michelin-starred-nouri-where-chef-ivan-brehm-turns-actor-as-you-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78494","title":{"rendered":"A dinner that&#8217;s also a play at Michelin-starred Nouri, where chef Ivan Brehm turns actor as you eat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chefs are always building dishes around their memories, of course, but the task of communicating the backstory to the diner usually falls either on the server or on the menu, and in both cases, the spiel must be brief. Here, the vignettes unfold over a luxurious three hours.<\/p>\n<p>What was the initial reaction when Brehm announced he was doing a play about his life? \u201cEverybody was a bit shocked, but also they know we&#8217;re a bit crazy,\u201d he smiled. \u201cWe like this multi-modal thing <span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span>collaboration with artists, designers. Initially, we were talking about doing scripts about other things, and it was Huzir\u2019s pitch to do a story based on my life. I had shared some things with him in the past, but I never, for a second, imagined that we&#8217;re going to do a play about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hardcore foodies will relish the stories the most, as the play details Brehm\u2019s experiences working in some of the world\u2019s most acclaimed restaurants including Per Se in the US, Fat Duck in the UK and Mugaritz in Spain <span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span>as well as some of the most abusive kitchens, too.<\/p>\n<p>But, even if you\u2019re not invested in the formative years of a Brazilian chef who later went on to clinch his own Michelin star, the play \u201ccould be about anybody, not just me. Everybody has gone through tough moments. Everybody has had to fight through something. Everybody has had to accept hell,\u201d Brehm said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/dining\/nouri-ivan-brehm-checkpoint-theatre-6332646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chefs are always building dishes around their memories, of course, but the task of communicating the backstory to the diner usually falls either on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ojQBrsXn--\/c_crop,h_1000,w_1777,x_1,y_767\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/08\/21\/a_matter_of_taste-1.jpg?itok=6CKepsQv","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3622,28702,809,1139,572,28701,21652,28700,2651,1786],"class_list":["post-78494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-actor","tag-brehm","tag-chef","tag-dinner","tag-eat","tag-ivan","tag-michelinstarred","tag-nouri","tag-play","tag-turns","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}