Fatfuku was founded by well-known Singaporean food writer Annette Tan. For the last 15 years, she has contributed recipes to magazines like 8 Days and the newspapers, and has consulted on menus at restaurants and bakeries throughout the island. Annette is also the editor of cookbooks like Heritage Feasts: A Collection of Singapore Family Recipes, which was named Best Cookbook –Singapore at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011.