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Singapore couple run a private dining pizzeria from their HDB flat
Sheralyn Tay and David Shen run PXZA from their Yishun flat in Singapore, where they host paid pizza dinners for guests.
The couple, both 45, started the home-based pizzeria during the pandemic after trying to make Neapolitan-style pizza for themselves.
Their dinners use an omakase-style menu, with fresh ingredients and several courses built around pizza.
They balance the business with their day jobs and prepare food in a limited kitchen space.
Home-business rules mean they cannot hire outside help, so they manage the dinners themselves.
Tay says she can host up to 10 to 12 diners, and the couple usually hold dinners on Fridays and Saturdays.
Their challenge is keeping the meals on track despite tight preparation time and last-minute changes to the guest list.
Sheralyn Tay and David Shen run PXZA, a private dining pizzeria, from their five-room HDB flat in Yishun.
The couple, both 45, have hosted paying guests at home for two years while keeping their day jobs.
They serve omakase-style pizza dinners and manage the cooking, preparation and hosting themselves.
Home-based business regulations prevent them from hiring external help, and their ingredients take up about 60 per cent of their fridge and freezer.
They started making pizza during the pandemic after Shen craved Neapolitan-style pizza fresh from the oven.
- Who
- Married couple Sheralyn Tay and David Shen, both 45.
- What
- They run PXZA, a private dining pizzeria, from their HDB flat.
- When
- They have hosted paying guests for two years. The article does not state when they began.
- Where
- Their five-room flat in Yishun, Singapore.
- Why
- Shen craved Neapolitan-style pizza during the pandemic, and the couple share a love of pizza and hosting.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Shen craved Neapolitan-style pizza, so the couple borrowed an oven from a friend and began making pizza.
A friend offered to pay for a meal and suggested that the couple host private dinners.
The couple have welcomed paying guests to their flat through PXZA.
- Business
- PXZA
- Location
- Yishun, Singapore
- Flat
- Five-room HDB flat
- Owners
- Sheralyn Tay and David Shen, both 45
- Dinner capacity
- Tay says she can accommodate up to 10 to 12 diners
- Fridge and freezer space
- PXZA’s ingredients occupy about 60 per cent
What people are saying
I’m obsessed with pizza. I’m obsessed with the dough.
Sheralyn gets a little bit nervous when it comes to a little bit of last-minute changes
I love feeding people, and David loves making pizza.
When I come home, it’s bang, bang, bang. Get things done.