The Whole Story

From One Plate,
Properly Done

Our Story

Born In Singapore.
Built On Rempah.

Berempah Bros started from our love for the food we grew up eating.

The flavours of Singapore and Southeast Asia are loud, diverse and unapologetic — sambal, coconut, spices, smoke, char and plenty of rempah. We wanted to build something around that.

Our starting point was the humble plate of nasi lemak. We took everything we loved about it and made it our own: fragrant coconut rice, punchy sambal, refreshing achar and, at the centre of it all, our signature Ayam Berempah.

What began with one plate has grown into different proteins, grilled dishes, new creations and Berempah Bros outlets across Singapore.

But the idea hasn't changed.

Take familiar flavours. Put our spin on them. And make food we'd happily eat ourselves.

The Story

MasterChef Fame,
Hawker Game

Derek Cheong won MasterChef Singapore Season 2 — then traded the studio kitchen for a hawker stall at Beauty World Food Centre, chasing one obsession: pushing ayam goreng berempah further than anyone thought a hawker plate could go.

Every cut is massaged with a rempah of sixteen spices — turmeric, cumin, coriander and thirteen friends — and left to marinate overnight. Fried to order. Then the signature move: a shower of fried garlic, breadcrumbs, kerisik and Japanese sakura ebi. Prawn cereal meets typhoon-shelter crab, on coconut rice.

One stall became five, across two brands: Berempah Bros and sister stall Gepuk Guys, with a sixth on the way. Same fire, same crunch, every single plate.

"One dish, done properly, with a twist you won't find anywhere else."

Derek Cheong · @the.rek · Founder

The Berempah Bros stall at the hawker centre, warm lights and steam rising from the fryer the stall, somewhere past dinner rush
Extreme close-up of the crispy spiced chicken crust with garlic and sakura ebi crumbs the crunch™
2021

The trophy. Derek Cheong — a 23-year-old engineering undergrad and the season's youngest cook — wins MasterChef Singapore Season 2.

Jan 2026

The first stall. Berempah Bros opens at Beauty World Food Centre. The queues start almost immediately.

Early 2026

Northside. Stall No. 2 fires up at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, Sembawang.

Apr 2026

Heartlands. No. 3 lands at Happy Hawkers, Sengkang — next to Ranggung LRT.

Jun 2026

Number four. Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre joins the family.

Jul 2026

New brand energy. Sister stall Gepuk Guys launches at Bedok — Indonesian-inspired gepuk with cashew sambal. No pork, no lard.

Today

Five stalls, two brands, a sixth on the way. Same rempah standards at every counter.

Don't Take Our Word

The Food Blogs Came. They Ate.

The crumbs reminded me of a lovechild between prawn cereal and HK-style typhoon shelter crab toppings.
DanielFoodDiary — on the signature crumbs
Crisp and craggy on the outside.
Eatbook.sg, on the ayam — with fluffy coconut rice and well-balanced sambal · 7.5/10
The bold, spice-forward flavours make Berempah Bros a stall worth recommending.
SethLui.com — Bukit Canberra review
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