About this role
[What the role is]
Temp Senior Instructor (Pastry)[What you will be working on]
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Pastry Instructor to join our teaching team at Bistro Lab, a unique Learning Enterprise where students receive hands-on training in hot kitchen production, baking and pastry, customer service, and food innovation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background working in hotel pastry kitchens, catering companies, or large-scale F&B production environments, coupled with a genuine passion for teaching and mentoring young talent. This role involves classroom teaching, practical kitchen instruction, and supporting the daily operations of Bistro Lab in a real-world production setting. The instructor will also contribute to R&D initiatives, including recipe development using novel or alternative ingredients, and is encouraged to bring creativity and innovation into the learning environment. Candidates with experience in Culinary R&D, Culinary technology and exposure to digital and smart kitchen systems will be highly regarded.
The responsibilities are as follows:
• Conduct hands-on demonstrations in baking and pastry techniques to students, with emphasis on latest technology, ingredient functionality, baking science, product formulation, and recipe development.
• Support Bistro Lab’s daily production and operational requirements in a teaching environment, ensuring kitchen safety and food hygiene.
• Develop innovative products for the Bistro Lab and integrate them into the teaching curriculum.
• Contribute to R&D projects, including recipe development using novel or alternative ingredients.
• Where applicable, coach or prepare students for pastry competitions.
The selected candidate may be offered up to a 1 year contract.
[What we are looking for]
• Relevant qualification/certification in Baking & Pastry, Culinary Arts, or in a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of relevant industry experience working in hotel kitchens, catering companies, or large-scale F&B production environments.
• Proficiency in classical and modern pastry and baking techniques, with both theoretical knowledge and hands-on application.
• Experience in Pastry R&D, recipe development, or product formulation including use of novel and alternative ingredients.
• Knowledge of food science, with experience participating in or coaching students for pastry competitions considered an added advantage.
Other facts
About Public Service Division
The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore's Smart Nation initiative and public sector digital transformation. We harness the power of technology to make lives better for citizens, businesses, international audiences and the public service sector.
Our mission: Engineering Digital Government, Making Lives Better.
Our goal is to create a government that is "Digital to the Core, and Serves with Heart". We achieve this by using technology to create services that are easy, seamless and secure for people to use, and placing the needs of citizens and businesses at the centre of everything we do.
As a digital government, our public officers are also able to continually upskill, adapt to new challenges and work more effectively across agencies as well as with citizens and businesses in Singapore.
What you'll do
- The Senior Pastry Instructor will conduct hands-on demonstrations in baking and pastry techniques while supporting Bistro Lab’s daily production and operational requirements. They will also contribute to R&D initiatives, including recipe development using novel or alternative ingredients.
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