Questions we are asked, answered plainly

No. There is no membership programme. The Don Pie Club is the kitchen’s community: a mailing list, first word on seasonal drops, and event invitations. There are no points, no tiers, no discounts and no member pricing, and we will not hint that there are.

Three things: the news before it is posted publicly, a heads-up before seasonal pre-order windows open, and invitations to events. That is all. You can join on the Join page, and every message carries an unsubscribe link.

Join the list. Seasonal windows, such as Chinese New Year, Mother’s Day, National Day and Mid-Autumn, are announced to the list first and then written up in the news. The calendar page shows what each season has brought so far. We have no evidenced date for when pre-orders usually open, so we do not state one.

Chef Don Lim still appears at the kitchen’s events. Dates are announced to the list first. We do not list upcoming or past events on the events page because we hold no evidenced dates, and we will not invent any.

DonChef is the name Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab bakes under today. Every pie that leaves the kitchen is a DonChef pie, made to the original recipe that Don Pie founder and kitchen co-founder Chef Don Lim created in 1983.

This is the news site: dated posts, seasons, events and the list. The recipe’s story is at the story of the original Don, the outlet and menu guide is at donpies.com, and buying and delivery are covered at a fuller guide to buying and delivery. We do not repeat them here.

No. There is no Toa Payoh outlet today. Toa Payoh is part of the history, and the nearest current outlet is the AMK Hub kiosk, three MRT stops north on the North-South Line. The Tyrwhitt Road flagship in Jalan Besar is the other nearest option. See the outlets page.

The Tyrwhitt Road flagship serves the full crab range. The AMK Hub kiosk serves a limited range: the Crab Bee Hoon Soup and the Crab Laksa Bee Hoon. Wisma Atria, Tiong Bahru Plaza and White Sands are pie kiosks with no crab. The crab page lists the six signature dishes.

Whole crab dishes need one day’s notice before the serving date. The Luxurious Seafood Bee Hoon and The Flounder’s Crabby Choice sets need three hours. Seasonal items follow their own windows. Order on the kitchen’s ordering site, buy.chickenpie.sg.

There is no pork and no lard in the kitchen, and the kitchen is not Halal-certified. The kitchen does not claim that any of its products are Halal. Its statement was last reviewed on 25 August 2026; our post on the review sets out the position and where to read it in full.

No. There is no pork and no lard in the kitchen. The kitchen states that its products contain nuts, eggs, dairy and gluten, that crab dishes contain shellfish, and that the crab soup is cooked with Chinese cooking wine and herbs including dang gui (angelica root).

Not necessarily. The printed menu is dated 28 February 2026 and says dine-in is subject to service charge and prevailing tax. Online and delivery prices may differ. Our February 2026 menu post sets out the printed prices as of October 2026. Always check the official site.

Yes, by advance order. Delivery uses third-party drivers, the fee depends on distance, festive surcharges can apply, and the delivery time is best-effort, not guaranteed. The kitchen’s home page mentions free islandwide delivery above $200. The live figure is on the ordering site, and our delivery post explains how the terms have changed.

Yes. The kitchen takes bulk orders from 100 pieces upward, and custom pies are possible. Write to marketing@chickenpie.sg. Charity and school requests go to the same address with the item, size, quantity and date. For planning numbers in general, a guide to bulk order pies, minimums and lead times is on donpieshop.com.

As of 8 October 2026: the Tyrwhitt Road flagship is open Sunday to Thursday 10am to 9pm (last order 8.30pm) and Friday, Saturday and the eve of a public holiday 10am to 10.30pm (last order 10pm). The AMK Hub, White Sands and Tiong Bahru Plaza kiosks open 10am to 9pm daily, and Wisma Atria opens 10.30am to 9.30pm daily. Kiosks may close earlier if sold out. See the outlets page.

Because it ended. Each post’s order line says either what is listed on the ordering site now or that the item was a limited run, so you never chase something that has gone. Prices shown for past items are for the record, as of October 2026, and are not offers.