Ms Anna Lim
Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) MU
Member of the SCCCI Women’s Chapter
Anna is the SouperChef & Executive Director of The Soup Spoon Pte Ltd and Executive Director of Souperfoods Pte Ltd.
Founded out of her love for soup, Anna Lim and her business partners conceived The Soup Spoon in 2002 and have since built the company into a stirring and successful business. The goal for The Soup Spoon is to become the global benchmark of fresh soups, reshaping soup culture where soup takes centre-stage.
As the Executive Director and SouperChef, Anna is responsible for the creation and innovation of soups and product development for The Soup Spoon. Award winning concept with 30 outlets in Singapore, Anna has triumphantly piloted The Soup Spoon’s global expansion to Hong Kong and successfully roaring six franchise outlets in Taipei since December 2019 within a period of 14 months.
Prior to The Soup Spoon, Anna was a clinical embryologist at Singapore General Hospital. Her background in embryology has taught her to combine both the science and art of culinary to innovate the dining experience. Anna was a recipient of the Spirit of Enterprise Award in 2004 and is an advocator of Design Thinking and healthy cooking.
Since the establishment of Souperfoods in 2016, Anna participates in holistic research and development, including turnkey commercialization projects derived from conceptualization. She leads the Souperfoods team from a central kitchen to an established global player manufacturing retail and food service products. Together with her partners, Anna acquired Singapore‘s first fully integrated HPP (High Pressure Processing) facility, processing food under high pressure to avoid the use of preservatives. Keeping up with global trends and innovative technologies, Anna develops proprietary products and recipes to meet the growing market demands.
In recognition of her leadership and mentoring efforts to the community, Anna Lim was conferred the Senior Mentor in 2020 – where she provides advice and assistance to the new Food-Tech Start-ups in Singapore under Innovate 360.