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Alumni Success Stories

 

Once students graduate from a full-time program at The French Pastry School, they go on to do many different things. They take what they have learned and apply it to the industry using their talents, working at renowned establishments or opening their own businesses. Below are just a few of the establishments owned and operated by alumni.

 


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June 18, 2010

L'Art de la Patisserie Graduates - January 2010 session

 

GEORGIA

Layne Whitehead-Lee
Sweet n' Sinful

(404) 298-9100

114 North Avondale Road
Avondale Estates, GA 30002
www.sweetnsinful.com

Ted Arpornsuksant

Sugar Cakes Bakery

(770) 218-9994

101 North Park Square
Marietta, GA 30060

www.sugarcakespatisserie.com

ILLINOIS

Michelle O'Malley
A Kid's Kitchen

(630) 983-3663
1603 North Aurora Road
Naperville, IL 60663

www.akidskitchen.com

Thuy Nguyen

Ba Le Bakery
(773) 561-4424
5018 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
www.balechicago.com

Laura Case
Beijo de Chocolat
(773) 267-0138
3334 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
www.beijodechocolat.com

Michelle Garcia
Bleeding Heart Bakery
(773) 327-6934
1955 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
www.thebleedingheartbakery.com

Brady Braden
B True Bakery
(773) 961-8276
PO Box 408747
Chicago, IL 60640
www.btruebakery.com

Rieko Wada
Chocolatines

(224) 653-2700
1101 Tower Rd.

Schaumburg, IL 60173
www.chocolatines.com

Darlena Morgan
DARLENA Artisan Chocolates
www.darlenachocolates.com

Sade Chavez
Daisy Cake Boutique
Chicago, IL
www.daisycakeboutique.com


Maria Kemp
Decadence Bakery and Pastries, Inc.(309) 454-3763
115 Susan Drive, Unit H
Normal, IL  61761 www.decadencepastries.com

Karianne Soulsby
Diva Chocolates & Confections
4957 Oakton St.
Suite 204
Skokie, IL 60077
(773) 467-0313
www.divaconfections.com


Flora Lazar

Flora Confections
(773) 404-8083
www.floraconfections.com

Cris Patalot, Elisabeth Michaelis
French Cakes Patisserie

12337 S. State Route 59

Plainfield, IL  60585

www.myfrenchcakes.com

Jen Stanley
From Scratch Organic Chef Services

Chef/Owner

Libertyville, IL

fromscratchbaker@aol.com

Kate Sigel
Kate's Cakes Chicago

Chicago, IL
(630) 605-2098

www.katescakeschicago.com

Alexis Frankfort Leverenz
Kitchen Chicago
(773) 463-0863
324 N Leavitt St, Ste 1
Chicago, IL 60612-1671
www.kitchenchicago.com

Peter Yuen
La Patisserie P

(773) 878-3226
1052 West Argyle Street
Chicago, IL 60640

www.lapatisseriep.com

Nicole Bujewski

Le Flour

(773) 631-1400

6701 N. Olmsted Ave.

Chicago, IL  60631

www.leflour.com

 

Uzma Sharif
Love in Disguise

www.loveindisguise.com

Gina Hartwig & Brooke Dailey

Lovely: a bake shop
(773) 572-4766
1130 North Milwaukee Avenue

Chicago, IL 

www.lovelybakeshop.com

Jennifer Goff

Melt

(773) 793-7857

www.meltforyou.com

Mindi MacFarlan

Mindola's Pastries
www.mindolaspastries.com

Maria Muniz

Pastel! cakes and more

4814 S. Pulaski Rd.

Chicago, IL  60632

(773) 523-5595

Rebecca Colburn

Preservation Bread & Wine

513 South Third Street
Geneva, IL  60134
(312) 218-8244
www.preservationbreadandwine.com

Mamata Reddy

Pomegranate Cafe

Chicago, IL

(312) 497-8906
www.pomegranate-cafe.com

Elizabeth Madden
Rare Bird Preserves
(312) 714-6190 www.rarebirdpreserves.com

Alison Bower
Ruth and Phils Gourmet Ice Cream
5333 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL  60625
www.ruthandphils.com

 

 

 

Sarah Levy
Sarah's Pastries & Candies
(312) 664-6223
70 East Oak Street
Chicago, IL 60611
www.sarahscandies.com

Cindy Michael Henning
Sugar Mom Treats
(312) 420-7310
LaGrange, IL
www.sugarmomtreats.com

Cathay Li Rayhill

Sugar Syndicate
5333 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL  60625
(773) 293-0888
www.thesugarsyndicate.com

Anne Palermo
Sulpice Chocolat
(630) 301-2345
www.sulpicechocolat.com


Galit Greenfield
Sweet Galit
www.sweetgalit.com

Kathryn Krivy
Sweet Purrfection
www.sweetpurrfection.com


Josh Baudin
Sweet Whimsy Pastry
251 Robert Coffin Road
Long Grove, IL 60047
(815) 701-2995
info@sweetwhimsypastry.com
www.sweetwhimsypastry.com

Dana Kruger
Sweety Pies
Bakery, Cakery & Cafe
8042 Lincoln Ave.
Skokie, IL 60077
(847) 213-0900
www.sweetypiesbakery.com
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Chris Kadow-Dougherty
Whimsical Candy
chris@whimsicalcandy.com

Tommy Zarlengo

Zarlengo's Italian Ice and Gelato
257 West Joe Orr Road
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
(708) 754-9080

INDIANA

Cindy Hawkins

Circle City Sweets

317.258.8646

www.circlecitysweets.com

 

IOWA

Eric Bochner
Bochner Chocolates

(319) 269-7900

1419 Waterfront Dr.
Iowa City, IA 52240

www.bochnerchocolates.com

Christopher Oetker
Cakes by Christopher

(319) 929-7913
1253 38th St. SE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
www.cakesbychristopher.com

Amy Moore
Olive & James Bakery

(319) 341-5926

77 Olive Court

Iowa City, IA  52246

www.oliveandjames.com

MICHIGAN

Courtney Clark

Cake Nouveau

(734) 994-4033

206 North Fourth Ave.

Ann Arbor, MI  48104

www.cakenouveau.com

Katy Loy

Pastry Peddler Bakery & Cafe

(734) 770-8366

619 Packard Rd.

Ann Arbor, MI  48104

www.pastrypeddler.com

Heather Rousseau
Sugar High LLC
www.sugarhighllc.com


MINNESOTA

Rachel Frederickson

The Gelato Patrol, LLC

Oakdale, MN
www.thegelatopatrol.com

 

MISSOURI

Peter Abrams
Cafe Glace

(314) 531-0032
5431 Highland Park Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63110

www.cafeglace.com

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NEW YORK

Michelle Sarivole
Sarivole Organic Bakery

(718) 683-4057

www.sarivole.com

 

TENNESSEE

Christian Parks & Laura Koerth
Earth & Sky Confections

(423) 202-5007

211 Chimney Top Ln.

Jonesborough, TN  37659

www.earthandskyconfections.com

Wendy Buckner
The Hot Chocolatier
(423) 266-3066
100 Cherokee Blvd.
Suite 212
Chattanooga, TN 37405
www.thehotchocolatier.com

 

 

WASHINGTON

Hillary Lytle
The Cake Box
(360) 421-2503
Anacortes, Washington 98221
www.the-cakebox.net

 

 

WASHINGTON DC

Maggie LaBaugh
Magpie’s Cake
(202) 427.2394
Washington, D.C.
www.magpiescake.com

 

 

WISCONSIN

Bijan Jadali
Bijan Patisserie
(608) 567-4242
417 King St
La Crosse, WI 54601
www.bijanpastry.com


     

Professionals in the Industry


Lindsey Mears - July 2008

August - a John Besch Restaurant

New Orleans, LA

Jessica Pollack - July 2005

bobo

New York, NY

 

Jacky Martinez - July 2007

Cut at the Palazzo Hotel

Las Vegas, NV

Crystal Wenaas - January 2007

Depot Hotel, The

Minneapolis, MN 

Kari Voss - July 2005
Four Seasons Hotel

St. Louis, MO

Donna Louwers - July 2004
Grand Hotel

Mackinac Island, MI

Kyle Schwarting - July 2007

Inn at Little Washington, The

Washington, VA

Kurt Fogle - January 2006
Pastry Chef
The Intercontinental Hotel
Milwaukee, WI

Jove Hubbard

Pastry Chef

Gabe Geers - July 2006
Pastry Chef Assistant

James Hotel/David Burke Primehouse

Chicago, IL

Melissa Gomez Coppel - July 2006

Joel Robuchon

Las Vegas, NV

Nicole Barnhouse - January 2003

Executive Pastry Chef

Julius Meinl

Chicago, IL

Trena Costello - July 2005

Pastry Chef

Langham, The

Boston, MA

 

 

Emily Ackerman - January 2006

Chief Pastry

Katelyn Krasky - July 2008
Pastry Cook
Norwegian Cruise Line - The Pride of America
Hawaiian Islands

Brian Sundeen

Pastry Chef

Ritz-Carlton Moscow

Moscow, Russia

Melissa Chanselle-Hary - January 2007

Ritz-Carlton

Washington DC

Kali Youghn - July 2007

St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort

Dana Point, CA


Nathan Winner - July 2007
Sucre
New Orleans, LA

Amanda Schmeling - July 2007

Sweet Mandy B's

Chicago, IL

Amy Biller - January 2003

Pastry Chef

Trotters to Go

Chicago, IL

Meg Galus - January 2005

Pastry Chef

TRU

Chicago, IL

Tabitha Diamond - January 2007
Pastry Chef
Trulucks
Ft. Lauderdale , FL

Jason Tuala - July 2007
Wynn Hotel
Las Vegas, NV