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Enter the endlessly creative world of classic choux pastry and French tarts by learning to perfect a few fundamental pastry recipes. Chef Patrice Caillot, World Pastry Champion, will guide you through the recipes and teach you how to create several variations of these desserts during this three-day, hands-on course.
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It is always a good time for chocolate! Join Chef Joel Reno as he introduces you to chocolate’s endless possibilities in this three-day, hands-on course. Using some of the best chocolate available, you will learn how to make a selection of cocoa-oriented products.
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After a reception of freshly baked treats, the chefs of The French Pastry School will show you how to make an assortment of classic French sweets and desserts! Of course, you’ll get to sample everything as it comes straight from the oven and take home the recipes to recreate in your own kitchen. You’ll even have a little French Pastry School specialty to take home and share with your family and friends. The recipes at each event may vary.
Transport yourself to an evening in Paris by learning to make quintessential French desserts in this three-day, hands-on course with Chef Joel Reno.
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In this three-day, hands-on course, explore sugar confectionary and fruit spreads with World Pastry Champion, Chef Patrice Caillot.
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The French Pastry School is thrilled to have World Pastry Champion Leonardo Di Carlo join us for the third time to teach his unique style of pâtisserie to students in this four-day, hands-on course. Chef Di Carlo will teach his signature tarts, cookies, pound cakes, and Italian gelati. You will be able to bring back many techniques to impress your own clients with a wide selection of flavors, textures, and gorgeous displays.
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After a reception of freshly baked treats, the chefs of The French Pastry School will show you how to make an assortment of classic French sweets and desserts! Of course, you’ll get to sample everything as it comes straight from the oven and take home the recipes to recreate in your own kitchen. You’ll even have a little French Pastry School specialty to take home and share with your family and friends. The recipes at each event may vary.
Pies need the right pastry dough and great fillings! In this three-day, hands-on course, learn the techniques and recipes for making incredible quiches, pies, and tarts with World Pastry Champion, Chef Patrice Caillot.
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Let Chef Sunny Lee teach you how to make petite and impressive French delights just like the professionals do in this three-day, hands-on course.
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What could be better than a loaf of crusty French bread pulled straight from the oven? Let Chef Jonathan Dendauw, Master Baker, teach you how to make artisanal breads in this three-day, hands-on class. You will learn about fermented doughs (sponge and poolish methods) and the different phases of bread: mixing, shaping, proofing, and baking.
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