Sum Capital Partners Pte Ltd Hiring! Part Time Dim Sum Chef Consultant in East Region (Singapore), Earn up to SGD 3,000 - Ricebowl

We are looking for an experienced and creative Dim Sum Chef Consultant to help develop and elevate our dim sum offering.

This is a concept and menu-development focused role. The consultant will work with the management and kitchen team to create new dishes, improve existing recipes, develop new dining concepts, and establish a strong and distinctive dim sum menu.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a new dim sum menu, including traditional favourites and modern/innovative creations.
• Create new signature dishes that can differentiate the restaurant from competitors.
• Research current food trends and propose new dim sum concepts, flavours, presentations, and product ideas.
• Review the existing menu and identify dishes that should be improved, replaced, removed, or repositioned.
• Develop and test recipes until they are suitable for commercial kitchen operations.
• Standardise recipes, including:
• Ingredients
• Portion sizes
• Preparation methods
• Cooking times
• Plating and presentation
• Work with management to develop the overall dim sum concept and positioning of the restaurant.
• Develop seasonal menus, promotional dishes, limited-time items, and festive offerings where appropriate.
• Consider ingredient costs, food cost percentages, preparation time, manpower requirements, and operational practicality when designing dishes.
• Recommend kitchen equipment, ingredients, suppliers, and production methods where required.
• Train chefs and kitchen staff on newly developed recipes and preparation techniques.
• Establish SOPs to ensure consistency in taste, quality, appearance, and portioning.
• Improve kitchen workflow and preparation processes where necessary.
• Conduct tasting sessions with management and make adjustments based on feedback.
• Assist with menu presentation, dish naming, menu structure, and recommendations on pricing where required.
• Continuously propose new ideas to keep the dim sum offering fresh and competitive.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong professional experience as a Dim Sum Chef, Head Dim Sum Chef, Executive Chef, or Dim Sum Consultant.
• Strong knowledge of traditional Cantonese dim sum techniques.
• Able to develop both traditional and contemporary dim sum dishes.
• Creative and commercially minded, with the ability to turn ideas into dishes that can be consistently produced in a restaurant environment.
• Experience in menu development and recipe standardisation.
• Good understanding of food costing and kitchen operations.
• Able to train and communicate effectively with kitchen staff.
• Strong understanding of ingredients, steaming, frying, baking, dough preparation, fillings, dumplings, buns, pastries, and other dim sum production techniques.

Scope of Consultancy

The consultant's objective is not simply to cook existing dishes, but to help us build a strong dim sum identity and product offering.

We are looking for someone who can bring ideas such as:

• Signature dim sum creations
• Modern interpretations of traditional dim sum
• Premium dim sum concepts
• New dumpling and bao concepts
• Creative fillings and flavour combinations
• New presentation and plating styles
• Seasonal and festive menus
• High-margin dishes
• Social-media-friendly / visually distinctive dishes
• New breakfast, lunch, high-tea, or supper concepts
• Improvements to production efficiency and consistency

The successful consultant should ultimately leave the business with a commercially viable menu, documented recipes, clear SOPs, and a trained kitchen team capable of consistently reproducing the dishes.

Pay: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person