They left pharma and fine dining to open a cozy bakery. Early mornings and 16-hour days are a small price to pay.

Au Hui Her and Liu Yi Wen run The Weirdoughs, a bakery in Singapore.

Aditi Bharade

• Au Hui Har and Liu Yi Wen opened a cozy neighborhood bakery in Singapore this year.
• Before becoming business owners, they worked in the fine dining and pharmaceutical industries.
• Running a bakery means rising well before the sun and baking hundreds of loaves daily.

Ten minutes before The Weirdoughs opened its doors on a Friday morning, a queue of pastry-hungry customers had formed under its bright yellow awning.