Featuring chef-owner/culinary director Nicco Santos and co-owner/sous chef Quenee Vilar

At Celera, contemporary Southeast Asian cuisine is rendered through French and Asian techniques with restraint, reworking fond regional memories with clarity, not spectacle. Nicco Santos has spent his career exploring the food cultures of Asia, with a particular connection to Southeast Asia—an approach he and Quenee Vilar bring to Celera through strong flavours, thoughtful technique, and curiosity. Since opening in February 2025, the pair have not slowed down; they've spent the past year staging one-night-only collaborations with world-class restaurants such as Logy (Taipei), Fumée (Shenzhen), and Meta (Singapore). Their decade-long partnership has birthed cult favourites Hey Handsome, a prototype for Celera’s ethos, and Sambar, their Peranakan cloud kitchen that regulars still clamour to see return.