If you’re wondering how much should you be setting aside to set up a mini bakery business in Singapore, you’re in luck!
I’ve been there and done that. Plus, organzing The Magic Oven’s community baking project allows me to speak to so many aspiring bakers out there who wish to achieve their dream of owing a bakery business without having to invest more than 10 thousands of dollars upfront.
We bake and grow together. 
Dear fellow home bakers,
I understand that you are keen to set up your own bakery business but because Whisk and Fold no longer have the capacity to help more people to do that due to space constrains, it has already stopped the co-sharing program.
In order to provide you with more information on how to start up your own bakery here are some details:
NEA do not issue license for home bakers baking from home. You will still need to rent a URA food appoved shop, get NEA to approve it and then, you may start selling publicly. This may take 1 mth if fast. In order to run any food related business in singapore, you need to be producing your product from a food approved licensed kitchen/shop. Home based are illegal to NEA.
If you are looking to rent a food approved shop, speak to a real estate agent and he/she will be able to help you further.
July 24, 2009
hi, i m previous a pastry chef and i wish to start baking at home but it is too small and it is too expensive to set up a stall…. I hope you are be able to help me…
Regards
Linda
July 30, 2009
Hi Linda, setting up a proper kitchen is indeed expensive. You can ask the other resident bakers who are baking with me, how much pain and dollars I’ve threw into making this community baking project possible for all. Still, I’m happy to help if you are a serious baker like all of us.
Will fill you in with the details when we meet up.
August 5, 2009
I am interested in starting home baked cookie store.Wondering if you can help.Thank You.
August 9, 2009
Hi, I’m also keen to start my own homebaking business and have been wondering how to address the licence issue. Hope you can enlighten me. Thanks in advance.
August 17, 2009
Hi Delcie,
Im a mother of one child, she is coming to 5 months old and i would like to give up my current job to work from home so i can keep my darling girl company and watching her grow.I have a passion for baking, but im not sure if this is suitable for me. Kindly advice.
September 15, 2009
I bake frequently for friends. They have been asking me to start a biz but pastry and muffins are everywhere. Your project interests me alot.
How can we proceed from here.
October 13, 2009
Hi I am very interested to find out more..Pls advise how…Taking over a bakery shop is really expensive…
October 23, 2009
Hi
Great to see what you’ve done here. I actually do have an interest in baking. I have baked before but unfortunately not very consistently. People who have tried my desserts seem to really like them though. Any advice on how to go about on starting a home business? Eventually i have a goal to work from home.
October 30, 2009
If you plan to work from home. I’m afraid that food business would not be possible.
You may like to think of other business. You may write to me at delcie.lam@delciesdesserts.com to discuss further.
November 25, 2009
Hello, I’m keen to start my own homebaking online business but I am not sure about the licensing issue. Could you advice? Thank you very much. =)
December 4, 2009
Hi, I’m into cake decoration and would like to turn my hobby into some profits. Could you share with me on selling cakes part-time and baking from home?
December 5, 2009
Hi Ivy,
Baking and selling from home is illegal and require you a licensed kitchen to bake for sale. As I am currently baking under Whisk and Fold’s community baking project, all bakers who are part of the project are baking for sale using the commercial kitchen that we all share. You may be interested in such a project. Write to me at delcie.lam@delciesdesserts.com
April 22, 2010
Hi there,
I am interested to know more about the share kitchen – can we do cooking or is it only limited to baking?
Thanks, Eve
August 20, 2010
Hi, I’m very interested in baking and hope to learn more about with your team. Is is still open? Look forward to hearing from you! Thanks!
August 20, 2010
Hi Eve, this is only for bakery.
August 20, 2010
Hi Felicia,
thanks for your interest. We are like yourself, who have passion in baking and wanting to set up a business, fully committed into it. If you have quit your job and is looking into setting up a bakery full time, we can talk further.
October 15, 2010
I have just started baking at home and keen to find out more about running a home bakery and the setup part of it. Can I find out more about the licensing and also Whisk and Fold’s community baking project? It sounds very exciting.
October 15, 2010
Dear Siew Lian,
Congratulation on embarking your baking journey! I wish you best!
Dear Siew Lian,
Thank you for reading our blog.
Running a Home-base bakery business is illegal in Singapore. Setting it up is easy as you have no overheads but be careful because NEA doesn’t approve food business conducted in all private housing and HDBs. Do call NEA to check with them on this regulations.
As for licensing, you will need to obtain a food approved shop first, then get NEA to come down to inspect your shop for approval. There, you will get your license.
For Whisk and Fold, we initially offer kitchen co-share with bakers who are serious in venturing into the baking business and willing to sign on a 1 year term. There is monthly fee to be paid accordingly and hours allocated to bakers to come in to bake for their orders. However, now, we are fully booked and has no intention of opening up any space for new bakers until further notice. Whisk and Fold is rather strict in the selection of bakers as it only accept FULL Time bakers, not part time bakers.
Hope this helps.
October 19, 2010
can any one help me how to start cooking food and sell to public, do i need license, if need license how to apply, what is the procedure i need to follow at home
pls help
October 25, 2010
Dear Saras,
Thank you for reading our blog.
Running a Home-base bakery or food business is illegal in Singapore. NEA doesn’t approve food business conducted in all private housing and HDBs. Do call NEA to check with them on this regulations. I would suggest to to find a proper food approved shop.
June 2, 2011
I read about Delcie’s and am very much interested in knowning how i could sell my baked food from home….
I just love to bake and cook….it has always been a pleasure to cook and bake for me
Please could you guide me through how i could go about it!
Regards saman:)
June 4, 2011
Thank you for sharing some very useful information. I am interested in starting a small business selling gourmet sandwiches into . Are you aware of any kitchens that are set up similar to yours but for the use of making food other than baked goods? Thank you for your assistance. Regards Kelly
June 6, 2011
Hi, I bake cakes frequently for relatives and friends.They have been asking me to start home bake business, they said my cakes are very beautiful and delicious.So , I am keen to start my home baking online business. Could you advice. Thanks.
June 16, 2011
Hi Sophia, Thanks for reading our website. It’s lovely to know you have beautiful pastries for sales. However, as I have mentioned before, please ensure you are running your online bakery business from a proper NEA licensed food shop and not from your home as it is illegal to sell food from your home. Once you have a shop, you will be safely covered and you may start marketing your products online or offline
June 16, 2011
Hi kelly, thank you for visiting our blog. To my current knowledge, I have not heard from another doing the same thing as it involved far too many trouble to share a single kitchen… there will be people who are uncomfortable with sharing kitchen tools, or openly working together so another could see what you put into your cakes/pastries. There are also different dynamic of people whom you may or may not be able to work together… so i guess, not many bakeries are willing to open up their kitchen for share usage. Plus, there are also alot of liabilities to take on as the host bakery… which is also why I have stopped doing it and only kept the responsible bakers on board with me now.