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Tonight team project

Sugar art work

Sugar work is something you do in a cool and dry environment… in some other word it’s hell to work with sugar in Houston!!!

Sugar art class come back every 10 weeks, poured sugar , poured sugar in ice, bubble sugar , rock sugar, pulled and blown sugar , the same show  piece always, showing a maximum of technique  to the students. 

It’s not easy, but after few hours of hand-on , each student is able to do is own individual show piece, as a practice we did the one bellow as class work.

PM level  3 team work

AM Level 3 demo

Ben E Keith competition

Busy week… one more ACF competition

It was my fifth participation to that competition and the level and quality of the food and show pieces displayed is better every time. I decided to make it much easier this time, just a small pastillage piece with few touch of pulled and blown sugar. Just had to put it in a box, drove to the show and put it on the table.

Out 45 to 50 competitors, we where 16 from the school (students, alumni, instructor) and we did well. We took some of the best place and medals money also for some of us...

But I have to say that I disagree with the judges on some of the medals/grades they gave to the competitors, maybe one day the ACF will understand that pastry need to be judged  by pastry chef and cuisine by  chefs …..

For the one who disagree, this is a good example, I’m ACE (approved certification evaluator) I can judge/ evaluate ACF certification, baking or cooking… If you had a chance to see me cook something I can see you laughing behind your computer screen ….but on the other side after 24 years as pastry chef I think I do a good job judging pastry certification.

Enjoy the pictures

Competition "me"

 Philippe

Competition " chef Ben"

Benjamin

Competition "the wedding cake queens"

Dawn

Gina

Competition "Alumni"

Gracie

Carolina

 marissa

Elisabeth

 Mike

Lori "lovi"

Competition "the students"

 2nd show piece made by my students and 1st competition ...

Luz

 Angelica

 Mike

 Abi

 Stacie

 Renee

Ready for competition....

Back from Christmas break and already working with my new class on a competition. Each one of my new students have to create a pastillage show piece.
first step show them how to work with pastillage and make a show piece (pic 1).Then, they'll work on their own (pic2 packed show pieces ready to go)

picture 1

picture 2

 picture 2 bis

Photos from the competition coming soon ...