Skills for Trades

23/11/2025

01/10/2024

The team is back at the The Creator Incubator . Follow this page for updates on some of the talented pastry chefs who are coming in to work on the latest project and develop their skills working with Jon Pryer and Dean Gibson using high-quality Callebaut chocolate. Check out our website for more details on the upcoming exhibition, and be prepared to be amazed by the latest moving chocol'art installation, a visual spectacle created by the team. This time, it will be at the exhibition on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of October at the gallery at the Creator Incubator.

28/09/2024

What is Skills for Trades?

Skills for Trades was conceived by a group of industry leaders passionate about training the next generation of bakers and pastry chefs that will lead the industry into the future.

Dean Gibson, Jon Pryer and Shane Williams have been collaborating on projects and supporting Australian international competition teams since 2014. Together they created the world’s first moving chocolate showpieces and not only created world records but also provided amazing opportunities for training and collaboration for young tradespeople to learn skills, beyond those available in the classroom or workplace.

After many discussions with industry leaders and business owners, a short documentary was created from the experience that identified a need for a mechanism by which industry stakeholders and government bodies are able to work together to enhance valued recognition and support for artisans.

How will we do this?
Introducing the Skills Collider.

What is Skills Collider?
Skills Collider is a facet of Skills for Trades providing a facility and resources supported by industry to implement the below objectives:

Inspiration to young future industry talent by instilling a passion and appreciation for the trade and showcasing its many creative and career opportunities

Sharing of industry skills and knowledge through collaboration across multiple disciplines, innovation and intergenerational learning via competition and sponsored projects to pass skills and knowledge from industry leaders to the new generation of talent.

Recognition of baking and patisserie skills and trades and to elevate the public appreciation of the industry.
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Join us on Friday, October 18 at The Creator Incubator

Attend a presentation on what the Skills Collider is all about
and how you can get involved
*Take a tour of the space
*View the Chocol’art Exhibition - The team's latest moving chocolate art installation. It features the sea eagle chocolate sculpture based on Jon Pryer's original design, which was created by Justin Williams in the Coupe de Monde de la Patisserie World Pastry Cup 2019 and was awarded the best chocolate showpiece.

Join us on Friday, October 18

28/09/2024

Welcome to the Skills for Trades FB Page. Check out our website for more details.

"Skills for Trades" is a short documentary about an unlikely team including two world-class skilled tradespeople, Dean Gibson - pastry chef, and Jon Pryer - industrial designer, who collaborate to create the world's first giant mechanical chocolate sculptures as a way to showcase the importance of s...