Pastry Profiles is in the process of planning our next pastry chef interviews. In the past we have been lucky to gain access to some great pastry chefs who are willing to share philosophies and techniques. Our upcoming interviews will be no less exciting. stay tuned for more info on those interviews. On a personal note I will be attending a class on entremets with MOF Olivier Bajard at the Pre Gel 5 star series in Charlotte. Chef Bajard has so much to offer and always has really great flavor combinations and balanced desserts. He has come up with some of the best tasting pastries I have ever tasted. I can't wait for this one. I also wanted to mention that The Pastry Profiles store is really beginning to build and has recently added a Facebook page. Check out the Pastry Profiles Store's Facebook page and become a friend. It may even save you some money.

As promised here are the details with for the new PASTRY LIVE. We are calling it PASTRY LIVE 2.

The Two-Day Demo will explore the many techniques that go into the design and production of a chocolate showpiece. Chef Tréand will demonstrate chocolate showpiece techniques as well as his amazing chocolate air-brushing techniques that lead to the National and World Championship wins.

In the Hands on Class students will develop their chocolate showpiece skills under the guidance of Chef Treand. This is a great opportunity to work closely with a master. Class size is very limited.

Where:The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Atlanta

When: DEMO CLASS

Sunday March 21st and Monday March 22nd 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Cost: DEMO CLASS $120.00 Pre register before March 1st and pay only $100.00

HANDS ON CLASS

Tuesday March 23rd 10:00 – 4:00

Hands on class $225.00 space is very limited!!

Reserve your space here

or for more information call : 678.881.9490

ACF continuing credits are available for this event

PASTRY LIVE 2

Pastry Profiles is pleased to announce our next Pastry Live event. A chocolate showpiece seminar with Chef Stephane Treand MOF. This is a 2 day chocolate showpiece seminar taking place on March 21st and 22nd. There will also be a hands on class on Tuesday March 23rd. I will post more details soon.

PASTRY LIVE

According to the emails I got the day after, Pastry Live was quite an event. For Pastry Profiles it was the first live event we put together. Let me tell you there were some challenges along the way but the benefits were amazing. First, many thanks to Chef Treand, he did an amazing job. Putting together 5 showpieces and sharing lots of techniques for pastillage airbrushing and sugar casting over the course of the two day seminar.
Personaly, for me, It was great to get to know Chef Treand better, we were acquaintances and now I feel that we are more like friends. We had lots in common and age, kids, career etc… I was able to get some great insight into preparing for competitions and insight into the challenges of being the favorite in the World Championships.
I must be honest there was a lot of trepidation putting together an event like this in a down economy. Many told me it was a bad idea. I went out of pocket to make this thing happen and if it didn’t go well I was out a good bit of money. My wife wasn’t too happy about it but she had faith in me and always does. She Knew I would make it work. There was also the support of all my friends, both pastry friends and personal. Usually those two are intertwined. If I needed something they were right there willing to help. Offering equipment, waiting on packages, dropping everything to deliver things last minute. That’s what made me realize that I was on the right track. The whole goal was to build community and relationships in the Pastry
Community. I had developed many of these types of relationships in my career. Many of these friends worked with me, learned from me or were teammates of mine. Now they are some of my dearest friends. I am often busy in my personal life and career and don’t see most of them often. But it’s amazing that when I really need someone they are there for me. So as I was planning an event to build community I realized how valuable that really is. This is a business about relationships. In this business people are often overworked, underpaid, and under pressure. But when you go through those things together there is a bond that is strong and lasting. So in planning the event I have made new friends, strengthened my appreciation for old friends and realized that sometimes the greater riches are not in reaching the destination but in who you meet on the way.