Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein @NUS presents the Flavours of Tomorrow: The Future Pantry
The Bezos Centre @NUS, in partnership with Singapore Science Park, the Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) and the CivicTech Lab at NUS, organised Flavours of Tomorrow: The Future Pantry from 1 to 2 August 2026. Guest-of-Honour Mr Damian Chan, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Food Agency, delivered the opening address, highlighting the festival’s contribution to strengthening Singapore’s food resilience and building public confidence in the future of food. Bringing together research, industry and community perspectives, the festival aimed to make food innovation and sustainable eating more accessible and relevant to everyday life.
Research conducted with visitors, before and after their participation, provided insights into the festival’s impact. Findings showed that visitors gained a better understanding of Singapore’s food supply and the role food innovations can play in supporting healthier, more sustainable diets along its path to a more food-secure nation. Live cooking demonstrations (see it) and food sampling (try it) improved perceptions of the taste, texture and aroma of the featured dishes. These findings highlight the value of interactive public engagements combining education and experience to encourage more sustainable food choices.
The two-day festival welcomed about 450 local and international visitors and offered a diverse programme of learning, tasting and discussion. Visitors explored an education zone featuring interactive activities and educational displays, attended five live cooking demonstrations by professional chefs, three insightful talks, a keynote panel discussion, and engaged directly with food innovators at a retail marketplace. Eleven participating retailers gave visitors the opportunity to discover, taste and purchase a range of sustainable food innovations, from alternative proteins and beverages made with valorised ingredients to grow-your-own microgreens. Strong public interest saw most products sell out by the end of the festival, while retailers enjoyed the opportunity to share their innovations with the wider community.
