Actress-baker Jeanette Aw returns to Japan for a string of patisserie pop-ups

Singaporean actress Jeanette Aw at a pop-up of her patisserie Once Upon A Time in the Japanese city of Nagoya. PHOTO: ONCEUPONATIME.SG/INSTAGRAM

Jan Lee

UPDATED Jan 19, 2025, 04:40 PM

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Local actress Jeanette Aw, who in recent years has turned her passion for baking into a patisserie business, is taking her sweet treats to Japan once more.

The 45-year-old star’s patisserie Once Upon A Time has returned to the country ahead of Valentine’s season for a slew of pop-ups, a year after she launched her first Japan pop-up at the Amour du Chocolat fair in Nagoya in 2024.

Back then, Once Upon A Time held three pop-ups in the cities of Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo.

This time, Aw will have pop-up booths in Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and three locations in Tokyo, featuring the brand’s What The Fudge brownie, as well as orange and macadamia nut versions of the brownies, alongside chocolate bonbons.

Once Upon A Time posted photos of its famous chef mingling with customers and signing boxes of her bakes at the pop-up’s first stop at JR Nagoya Takashimaya department store on Jan 18.