Ryan Clift

Ryan, co-founder of Tippling Club took an early interest in cooking, leaving school at an early age to work his way up the kitchen’s career ladder. Over the course of his 18-year career, Ryan has worked with some of the best culinary brains, including Marco-Pierre White, Peter Gordon, Emmanuel Renaut and Raymond Capaldi. In 1999, Ryan moved to Australia and excelled as Head Chef of Vue de Monde with Shannon Bennett, winning three hats in ‘The Age Good Food Guide’. It was in Melbourne where met Matthew and Ryan became close friends, sharing an interest in all things epicurean. Before long, they started to discuss business ideas and eventually decided to pursue the Tippling Club in Singapore.

Matthew and Ryan started up the Tippling Club, located at Dempsey Hill in August 2008 and correlated their expertise to present an impeccable degustation menu. Matthew creates a unique cocktail to match every dish prepared by Ryan – complementing the tastes on your palate. Within its first year of opening, the Tippling Club has been hailed as one of Singapore’s top restaurants, and just this week, Appetite magazine, in its annual roundup of the region’s top 100 establishments, declared Tippling Club as Asia’s no. 1 venue.

THE EXPERIENCE:

Eating and drinking redefined

Set amidst lush greenery on the fringes of Dempsey Hill, Tippling Club is an exciting venue that skillfully marries the best of modern European cuisine and progressive cocktail craft. Guests are invited to enjoy a cocktail on the Tippling Terrace, or sit at a chic industrial bar which surrounds the open kitchen. From the bar, they can watch and chat with Chef Ryan Clift as he demonstrates his modern culinary techniques, which often challenge dining norms, opening up new possibilities in food and dining. Beyond short-lived gastronomic trends, Ryan seeks to further improve the rich traditional foundations of cuisine through new techniques and innovations in the kitchen.

Tippling Club’s chefs present each dish to their guests, providing them with a detailed introduction, which includes the key ingredients used and the inspiration.

Every dish is perfectly matched with a cocktail created by renowned bartender Matthew Bax. Matthew’s passion and creativity at the bar are uncompromising as he uses only the freshest ingredients and the highest quality spirits to create his innovative cocktails. His visually stunning drinks inspire the senses with their aromas, textures, flavours and sometimes quirky presentation.

Matthew and Ryan invest a lot of time experimenting in the test kitchen to create the inspired cocktail and dish pairings.

Recent Awards

2009 Best mixologist in Singapore (Matthew Bax, Head Bartender) – Cleo Magazine
2009 Ranked No.15, World’s Top 20 Bars (Asia-Pacific) – Australian Bartender Magazine
2009 Top 50 Restaurants, Modern Cuisine Category – Time Out Singapore 2009
2009 Editor’s Choice – I-S Restaurant Guide 2009
2009 Time Magazine (US) – Recommended
2009 London Times (UK) – Recommended
2009 Gourmet Traveller (AUS) – Recommended
2009 4 Stars – I-S Magazine
2009 1 Star – Wine and Dine Singapore’s Top Restaurant Guides
2009 Gold, Award of Excellence – Singapore Parties
2009 Top Posh Restaurants – WANDER: A Singapore City Guide
2009 4/5 Stars – Golf Punk Magazine
2009 ‘Best for a Well Planned Food and Drink Duet’ – Time out Singapore – March
2009 Time Out Singapore – Recommended
2009 Singapore’s Best Cocktails – 8 Days
2009 4/5 Stars – Time Out Singapore Food Review
2008 4/5 Stars – I-S Magazine Food Review, September