1. Carrie Scully
The lady behind the increasingly popular Spanish-influenced eatery Tiki Taka, chef Carrie Scully has a bubbly personality and a special passion for food reserved for Penangites. Because of her creative approaches to tapas and pintxos, Tiki Taka won our Best New Restaurant award last year, reinforced by the fact that the public had a central part in voting for the eatery's accomplishment.
When she has time out of the kitchen, Scully is a coffee lover with a sweet tooth, paying visits to her favourite cafes and bakeries to get her fix and relax with a book.
With experience as a barista and passion for baking, it's an open secret that she flirts with a desire to open her own coffee shop one day, complete with pastries and cakes that she loves. Which is why she chose to meet us at Ben's Bake Shop over at Plaza Batai, a bakery cafe she says is a close representation of what she envisions to own some day down the line.