You’re Welcome by Raymond Tan

Across cultures, life’s smallest moments and biggest occasions all centre around a table full of food. In this sumptuous hardback featuring striking, joyous photography and design, baker Raymond Tan, of Melbourne bakeries Dua and Raya, invites you to celebrate everything, including afternoon tea, Chinese New Year, birthdays and weddings with these playful recipes. Tan’s sweet and savoury creations draw from his upbringing in Selangor, Malaysia and many years living in Australia. Enjoy everything from Miso peanut cookies to Matcha almond ‘Pocky’ sticks, cakes from easy to exceptional, an array of mooncakes and colourful Malaysian kueh desserts, plus the ‘unfortunate’ cookies that made Raymond famous. Everyone’s welcome!

Spectacular Southeast Asian influenced sweet and savoury recipes from baking star Raymond Tan.

About the Author: Raymond Tan is a self-taught Melbourne-based baker who gained global recognition for his unique inventive bakes that draw inspiration from Southeast Asian flavours. Raymond had never turned on an oven before moving from Selangor, Malaysia to Australia in 2006. He learnt to bake and quickly gained traction online with his decorated fortune cookies and viral cake popsicles, which were featured by both Vogue and MoMA. In 2019, Raymond founded Raya Bakery and, in 2025, founded Scandinasian bakery Dua, both in Melbourne. He also co-owns the inventive dessert cafe Nimbo and is a fine artist whose work has showed at Tolarno Galleries.

Audrey Payne is a contributing editor to Cherry Bombe, a New York-based indie media company celebrating women in the world of food and drink, and the Melbourne food and drink editor for Broadsheet, Australia’s leading cultural guide. She learnt to bake by watching The Martha Stewart Show after school as a pre-teen.

05 May 2026
 

You’re Welcome: A baking celebration with a Southeast Asian twist by Raymond Tan ISBN 9781761501265