Proposals · Part III · The Culinary Seed Bank

Seed Bank apprenticeship

A paid 18-month apprenticeship at a Master Fellow's own stall, as a registered stall assistant, cooking his dish for his regulars on his relief days.

BUILDS ON · HDP TRAINING STAGES

HDP's classroom stages remain the on-ramp and the current HDP review is the moment to connect the two; what changes is the middle of the funnel. Apprentices are paid the Progressive Wage for a food or drink stall assistant – $2,220 a month from July 2026, $2,360 from July 2027 and $2,500 from July 2028 – plus employer CPF at the apprentice's age band, for all 18 months of the cycle. Cohorts are deliberately small, growing only with proven landing capacity, because every graduate is a funded commitment.

Who pays

BUILDS ON

What it costs

$2,220 SGD · per apprentice per month from July 2026 ($2,360 from July 2027, $2,500 from July 2028), plus employer CPF

Apprentices are paid the Progressive Wage for a food or drink stall assistant

Budget lines from the ledgers
Year	Line	Amount	Section
Yr 1	Apprentice wages – 20 apprentices at $50,684 each: the full 18-month cycle at the Progressive Wage for a stall assistant, employer CPF included, budgeted in the year the group starts	$1,013,680	the Budget Book, B.3
Yr 2	Apprentice wages – 32 apprentices at $52,650 each: the full 18-month cycle at the Progressive Wage for a stall assistant, employer CPF included	$1,684,800	the Budget Book, B.4
Yr 3	Apprentice wages – 36 apprentices at $52,650 each: the full 18-month cycle at the Progressive Wage for a stall assistant, employer CPF included	$1,895,400	the Budget Book, B.5

What it builds on

HDP + Incubation Stall Programme: 3-stage training with allowances; pre-fitted stalls at subsidised rent for 15 months; HDP under review, next intake unannounced (§1.3).

Who gains

Hawkers: The young cook gets an apprenticeship paid at the Progressive Wage for a stall assistant, at the cost of eighteen months of hard training (§3.3).

Where the library discusses it

§3.3 · §the-plan · §1.3 · §6.3 · the Budget Book, B.3 · the Budget Book, B.4 · the Budget Book, B.5