Dave Pynt

Owner & Chef, Burnt Ends

Singapore

Chef-Owner of Burnt Ends, a One-Michelin starred modern barbecue restaurant and Meatsmith, the wood-fired barbecue restaurant.

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Pynt studied commercial cooking at the TAFE West Coast Institute of Training before travelling across Australia and overseas to cook alongside and learn from some of the world’s best cooks.

His career includes time with culinary heavyweights such as Rene Redzepi (Noma, Denmark), Victor Arguinzoniz (Asador Etxebarri, Spain), Nuno Mendes (Viajante and The Loft Project, London), Tetsuya Wakuda (Tetsuya’s, Sydney; Waku Ghin, Singapore) and Fergus Henderson (St John and St John Bread and Wine, London).

Burnt Ends is a modern barbecue restaurant in Singapore’s Chinatown neighbourhood serving modern Australian barbecue and boutique wines and cocktails in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. At the heart of this modern barbecue restaurant is an open-concept kitchen with a custom hand built, four-tonne, dual cavity oven and four elevation grills. Burnt Ends writes new menus daily and believes that there is magic that comes from cooking with wood.

Since 2013, the restaurant has established itself as an integral part of Singapore’s new food order and the country’s historic Chinatown neighbourhood. Collaboration remains one of Pynt’s key tenets and he has been involved in major food events and festivals around the world including Gastronomika (San Sebastian, Spain) the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (Melbourne, Australia), Taste of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Tasting Australia (Adelaide, Australia), Meatopia (London, England), Postrivoro (Italy), Wonderfruit Music Festival (Chon Buri, Thailand) and E5 Bakery Music and Food Festival (London, England).

Burnt Ends has held its One-Michelin star since first awarded in 2018.

The restaurant is currently ranked #59 on the 2021 San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants List and #14 on the 2021 San Pellegrino Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants List.

Pynt was the winner of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Chef’s Choice Award 2017, a peer-voted accolated voted by all the chefs on the influential list.