Singapore ― Homegrown actress Fann Wong’s new online pastry shop Fanntasy has started off well. As of Oct 13, all 1,000 of the tarts available in its pilot launch were snapped up within 30 minutes, according to the actress in an Instagram post.
“Thank you for your love,” the 50-year-old shared in an Instagram Story, adding that Fanntasy is “officially sold out” and will share more information about its relaunch on its Facebook and Instagram pages.
Fanntasy offers only two types of whole tarts — musang king gula melaka ($68) – filled with durian pulp and house-made gula melaka, and Valrhona chocolate ($58) – creamy chocolate filling and almond sponge, reported Asia One.
Wong’s online store went live at 9.29 am on Oct 13 but is currently not accepting any more orders. Wong is an avid baker, regularly posting her recipes and baking adventures on Instagram. The actress is also featured as a judge on Mediacorp baking competition Creme de la Creme.
Born Jan 27, 1971, Fann Woon Fong, better known by her stage name Fann Wong, is a Singaporean actress, singer and model. She is referred to as MediaCorp’s “Ah Jie” (senior actress) together with Zoe Tay and Xiang Yun for being among the first locally trained artists.
At Singapore’s Star Awards 1995, Wong became the first actress to win both the Best Actress and Best Newcomer awards in the same year.
After gaining regional exposure and popularity in Asia through film and television productions, she became the first Singaporean actress to break into Hollywood, playing Chon Lin in the 2003 film Shanghai Knights.
She was also the youngest actress to have earned an All-Time Favourite Artiste at the Star Awards after winning the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award from 1995 to 2004 respectively with Xie Shaoguang.
She married actor Christopher Lee on 29 September 2009. /TISG