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The Pastry Profiles Blog

Competition Corner

Chef Interviews

Jimmy MacMillan
Stephen Durfee
Jean-Jacques Granet

Luis Amado

Features

Tips on creating a quick chocolate display
From the Chicago School of Mold Making
Featuring Stephane Treand MOF
Flavio Federico Featured Chef


Recipes

Passion fruit Creme Brulee with Green Tea Shortbread, Pineapple, Mango and Kiwi
Soft Banana Cake with Yogurt Sorbet and Chicory Glaze
Strawberry Gelee, Yuzu Yoghurt Mousse
Avacado Ice Cream
Pistachio Florentine
Pan De Elote (Sweet Corn Bread
Fashion Birthday Cake

Photo Galleries

The Making of a Sugar Showpiece
Pastillage Showpieces
Airbrushing Pastilage
2007 National Team Pastry Championship
2006 World Team Pastry Championship
2006 World Team Pastry Championship (degustation)
2005 National Team Pastry Championship
2007 Culinary Casting Challenge
Stephane Treand MOF Sugar Casting Class
Susan Notter Calligraphy Casting Demo
Chris Northmore CMPC Plated Desserts
Stephane Treand MOF Air Brushing Demo
2008 Sugar Art Casting Challenge
2008 World Team Pastry Championship petit gateauPlated dessert Photos from the 2008 World Team Pastry Championships
More photos of chocolate and sugar showpieces from the Championship
Petit Gateaux pastry photos from the 2008 World Team Pastry Championships
Team Work Photos from the 2008 World Team Pastry Championships
Entremet photo gallery for the 2008 World Team Pastry Championships

News Stories

Callebaut Demo by Chef Derrick Tu Tan Pho

Luc beaudet modern petit fours

Artisan Bread seminar with Patrick Jacquot of the croissant Bakery

Geoffrey Blount wins the Joseph Amendola Outstanding Member Award

Heather Hurlbert Named Southeast ACF Pastry Chef of the Year

Results are in from The 2008 Sugar Art Casting Challenge

The Sugar Art Casting Challenge Promo

Pastry in Europe is now available

Lionel Clement from the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, has won the USA national selection for the World Chocolate Masters

Chef En-Ming Hsu named Chef Instructor at the Fench Pastry School.

Dimitri Fayard named Chef Instructor at the Fench Pastry School.

Winners and more info about the Asian Pastry Cup

Blown Sugar photos and technique overview featuring Laurent Branlard

Naomi MIzuno Is the 2007 World Chocolate Masters Winner

Chef Interviews from Pastry Profiles



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Featured Interview: Jimmy MacMillan Pure Pastry

                                                                                                 
             

The 2009 World Chocolate Masters Results:
Shigeo Hirai (Japan) First place
Lionel Clement (USA), second place
Michaela Karg (Gemany), third place

Competitors information is listed here

shigeo Hirai world chocolate master

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Bravo TV announces "Just Desserts" Top Chef series for Pastry Chefs. This will be o spin off of the Top chef Series and feature only Pastry Chefs.rumour has it that a friend or two of pastry profiles will be on the show.

Pastry In Europe 2010 to be released soon. We can't wait!!!

Pastry in Europe 2009

  I’ve been reading culinary books for over twenty years now and still love the excitement of opening up new book. Something about that new book smell maybe. Well anyway, I just opened up my copy of Pastry in Europe 2009. In this case I had been waiting for my copy Pastry in Europe pagesto arrive for about a week or so. I quickly unwrapped the book and spent about an hour thumbing through it and soaking it all in. I have to say I totally enjoyed my first look through. The Pastry in Europe staff has managed to give lots of interesting insight into the vast culinary experience that Europe offers. Old and new, sleek and simple are all beautifully represented. I have to admit that I am a sucker for new techniques and there are many shown here that are new to me. Something I can't say about many books. Another feature of the book that I particularly  enjoyed were the many small sections about certain “terroirs”. Small areas, such as the Lozere where Chef Stephane Marcus is making a simple Black Nougat, and a Shop west of Berlin where they are making Baumkuchen in the traditional way. Included in these sections are classic recipes and photos that really give you a feel for the area. I need to point out that that there are also many modern and new techniques from chefs you may not have heard of that are doing cutting edge work with flavor and technique. The photos are great and there are many of them. The book is also full of recipes of all kinds, plated desserts, entremets, confections and more. Pastry in Europe has achieved a great balance between old and new and classic and modern. I admittedly have not had the chance to try any of the recipes yet but there is a solid handful that I can’t wait to give a shot. I may even go out and try to get my hands on some liquid nitrogen. Gloves on of course.
by Paul Bodrogi CEPC

brittle chocolate

The publishers of Pastry in Europe 2009 have been kind enough to provide Pastry Profiles with a few pages of the book that show some great chocolate techniques. Download the pages and get a small taste of Pastry in Europe 2009.

special thanks to Joost van Roosmalen

Chef Treand Thrills at Pastry LiveStephane Treand Sugar airbrush

More to come soon!!

Team Chowdhury wins The 2009 National Team Pastry Championship

    Results are in for the 2009 National Team Pastry Championships. Team Chowdhury wins a stunning upset due to their amazing scores in degustation. Team DeWitt finished second and also took home honors for the best chocolate showpiece. The third place finisher was Team Dadzie. Best Sugar showpiece went to Team Salazar as did the award for best overall table. Team Millican competing with only two competitors got the sportsmanship award.

Rest assured Pastry Profiles was there to cover the event and as soon as our plane lands we will be working on posting loads of great pictures as some in depth background stories. Here are a few photos until then. More photos and scores

Chowdhury Works on Sugarpiece


Chef Chowdhury works on sugar

best sugar showpiece

Team Salazar's sugar showpiece

Chef Foltz sugar showpiece

Chef Foltz's sugar showpiece

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