The father-of-two was due to open massive beach club Tipsy Unicorn at Siloso Beach Walk on Sept 1 before his untimely passing.
Derek Ong, the co-founder of homegrown hospitality group Tipsy Collective, passed away suddenly on Aug 26. He was 35.Christian-based funeral parlour Green Pasture posted an online memorial for Derek on its website. His cause of death was not revealed. According to Derek’s Instagram page, he has two children.His passing came just days before the grand opening of the Tipsy Unicorn Beach Club on Sept 1.
Boasting 500 indoor and outdoor seats, the Tipsy Unicorn has a pool, private cabanas, VIP lounges and live performances. Derek had been due to host media representatives for a preview tomorrow at the beach club, but the preview and opening have since been postponed to an unspecified later date.Under the Tipsy Collective, Derek ran 13 F&B concepts including the restaurant expansion of home-based business
, hip Filipino diner Kubo Woodfired Kitchen, rooftop bar Lady Wu and seven restaurant-bars under the Tipsy brand.at Raffles City Shopping Centre, which was opened in partnership with Pierre Png and his wife Andrea De Cruz. Despite his young age, Derek had over 10 years of experience in F&B. The Republic Polytechnic graduate started working in the industry at 17 as a bartender trainee, and went on to open his own eateries like the Friends-themed Central Perk Cafe in 2016, and the first Tipsy outlet called Tipsy Penguin in 2018.
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