SINGAPORE — Pop-up gastro events have been trending up the past year — whether it’s gourmet pizza or iconic old-school American burgers.

But Savour Events’ full-service pop-up restaurant experience, dubbed 4XFOUR, with its blend of internationally-acclaimed gastronomy and local contemporary art (in partnership with the Affordable Art Fair), is proving to be a winning combination; even if the food does tend to steal the limelight.

Last year’s inaugural event was completely sold out, with an impressive turnout of 3,800 diners. This year’s edition promises another four weeks (from today until Dec 7) of Michelin-star quality dining and a new line up of four award-winning chefs. The event aims to bring something new to the table, with options to have brunch (featuring a four-course menu with champagne) over the weekend or the eight-course dinner spread.

To be held at a new venue at the F1 Pit Building, the first week features chef Mads Refslund, clearly the hottest name of the lot. The chef and co-founder of Noma, the World’s Best Restaurant located in Copenhagen, now owns and runs Michelin-starred restaurant MR in Denmark. He is also the consulting head chef of ACME in New York City. (Sorry, seats for this appearance are sold out.)

But he is not the only chef able to please an increasingly pampered crowd. Nathan Outlaw of the United Kingdom might just be the next best thing, with his keen focus on seafood.

“My food is unique. It doesn’t copy or follow the classics. It’s about my identity and personality. All the dishes I cook are either currently on the menus in my restaurants or have been in the past — with a little tweak. They have all been taken from my book Nathan Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen,” Outlaw said, adding that the only way he thinks he can impress a new breed of customers who have grown quite accustomed to quality seafood “is to do what I do the way that I do it”.

“As long as the seafood remains the star of the show, that’s impressive enough,” Outlaw added. He has earned quite a reputation — not to mention a total of three Michelin stars for his two eponymous restaurants — thanks to his passion for seafood.

Outlaw will be in town from Nov 18 to 23 and he will be followed by Japanese chef, Hiroki Yoshitake, who started the now-defunct Hiroki88 @ Infusion with his impressive-yet-accessible French-Japanese cuisine four years ago. He has since found his place in Paris, France with his one-Michelin-star restaurant Sola and a style of cuisine influenced by Yoshitake’s time with France’s top chefs, Pascal Barbot and William Ledeuil.

Of course, it is one thing to own and run an award-wining restaurant. But having two eponymous two-Michelin-star restaurants and bragging rights as the youngest chef in Europe (at age 29) with two stars puts 34-year-old Rolf Fliegauf of Switzerland’s Ristorante Ecco and Ristorante Ecco On Snow in a league of his own. His cuisine has been described as light and fresh, with a preference for cooking with seasonal and regional produce. “We are showcasing a few dishes that have been tweaked, but also items that have been newly created for 4XFOUR, which we believe will showcase our style of cuisine and European flavours,” said Fliegauf, who is the featured chef from Dec 2 to 7.

“We want to let our guests have a taste of what we do back home and to give them a taste of flavours that are different from what they normally have in Singapore.”

Something as simple as his dessert — Granny Smith apple with sorrel and yogurt — showcases a few different flavours, with everything “really light, sour, fresh” he said. “(It’s) a perfect example of our style of cooking.”

And perhaps a perfect example of the various tastes to expect. Don Mendoza

For details and tickets, visit http://www.4xfour.sg.