After winning fans online with his banana bread, Shane Pow, 35, is bringing his home-based venture Taiyo Bread Shop offline with a two-month pop-up cafe at Chef X in Clarke Quay Central.

Called Taiyo Camp Club, the pop-up runs from Wednesday (Nov 12) to Jan 6, 2026, serving his signature banana bread alongside a small menu of savoury bites.

The cafe is part of Chef X, a Far East Malls initiative that lets home-based cooks and private dining chefs test-run a brick-and-mortar cafe.

FROM HOME BAKERY TO PHYSICAL CAFE

Pow launched Taiyo Bread Shop earlier this year from his one-bedroom condo in Upper Serangoon, baking small batches of banana bread from scratch. He started receiving orders after posting pictures of his banana bread loaves on Instagram, and demand quickly grew.

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