The Professional Pastry and Baking Program
The Professional Cake Decorating and Baking Program
The Artisanal Bread Baking Course
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Caitlin Dysart '09, a graduate of L'Art de la Pâtisserie program and Pastry Chef at 2941 Restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia, is among the semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards for Outstanding Pastry Chef.
Support future students of the pastry arts by attending the best party of the year! On February 28, 2015, dress like your favorite British mod rocker, Mad Men ad character, or glam diva and join For the Love of Chocolate Scholarship Foundation for a Festival of Peace, Love, and Chocolate at the Union League Club of Chicago.
In January, Katy Nelson '07 and her father, Mark Nelson, opened Scenic Route Bakery in Des Moines, Iowa. The bakery serves breakfast and lunch items and offers a relaxing atmosphere for customers. To read more about it, click here.
Several businesses across the city participated in the 13th Annual Vaughan Business-to-Business Expo hosted by the Vaughan Business Enterprise Centre (VBEC). On February 11th, various business owners and representatives made their way to Terrace Banquet Centre for an afternoon all about “Transforming Social Relationships into Sales.” This year’s expo focused on teaching business owners how to build new relationships and leverage existing relationships with their target market to increase sales.
Meg Galus '05 left NoMI at the end of December and will join Boka as their new Executive Pastry Chef on February 14. Read more here.
Amy Hansen '06 of Amy's Candy Bar was recognized by TIME as one of America’s best candy shops. Read more here.
Gene Webb '13, owner of North Shore Boulangerie in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, continues his Food for Thought Series on February 8, 2015, with Chef Jonathan Dendauw as a guest chef. Joining him will be food fermentation expert Robert Hutkins of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
If you have not had a chance to check out the January 2015 Modern Luxury Brides Chicago magazine, make sure not to miss it!
Chicago, Illinois (January 8, 2015) – On December 19 at the Union League Club of Chicago, over seventy pastry and cake students assembled with their friends, families, and faculty and staff of The French Pastry School of Kennedy-King College at City Colleges of Chicago. It was graduation day for the two full-time professional certificate programs – L'Art de la Pâtisserie, the 24-week Baking and Pastry Program, and L’Art du Gâteau, the 16-week Cake Decorating and Baking Program. School sponsors along with chefs and professionals from the food industry were also in attendance.
2006 LAP Alum Amy Hansen and owner of Amy's Candy Bar just opened a pop-up shop in Hyde Park. The shop, which specializes in hand-crafted chocolates and nostalgic candy, will have its grand opening this weekend but they are already open for business and plan to stay in the neighborhood until May. Read more about it here.
