About Kenny Leong

Kenny Leong is a tea practitioner, presenter, and writer who has devoted himself to tea affairs since 2014. His work focuses on fine artisanal tea and explores it through various contemporary modalities with an emphasis on education and aesthetics.

Kenny regularly conducts tastings, events, workshops, and sessions. In his course of work, he has presented tea for stellar partners and clients such as the one-Michelin-starred Restaurant Born, Summer Palace, Odette, Mastercard Priceless, FENDI, Straits Clan, OCBC, Starwood, Speciality & Fine Food Asia, and more.

In 2019, he partnered interdisciplinary art collective HF/DF on an experiential tea programme for Offcuts Teahouse, an art installation that was part of the Arts In Your Neighbourhood initiative by the National Arts Council. Through it, he realised one of his endeavours to take tea out of its conventional context while maintaining the integrity of its practice, in order to highlight the transience and ephemerality of the tea ceremony in a modern setting.

While tea education and research form the foundational pillars of Kenny’s work in the affairs of tea, his practice has developed over the years to integrate a deeper understanding and respect for philosophical traditions and thought, reinforcing his belief in empowering oneself to tap into intuitive wisdom. Influenced heavily by classical eastern philosophical thought and tradition, one aspect of his work employs tea as a medium not so much as to teach or persuade but to encourage oneself to ask questions about growth, change, alignment, restoration, and solace. Tea sessions become opportunities for the self to engage in dialogue, in which one learns to embrace the fundamental ‘non-dualism’ of life and all that revolves around it. The practice of tea, then, is not an escape from life, but the very means by which to live it with intuition, integrity, authenticity, and awareness.

In 2022, Kenny started to develop a more intentional relationship with time, space, and life events. His interest, passion, and inquiry into the Daoist philosophical school of thought continue to guide and support him in his role as a conduit of intuitive wisdom across various related practices and modalities.

Kenny obtained his Certified Specialist of Wine (Society of Wine Educators) qualification in 2010. Previously a contributor to lifestyle and luxury publications, his works have appeared in The Business Times, Robb Report, The Peak, Prestige, Singapore Tatler, food&travel, Appetite, Wine & Dine, TODAY newspaper, and other print/digital publications.

Kenny maintains an Instagram account dedicated to tea at instagram.com/kennyleong.