I'm a Pastry Chef

Well, it's official! I am done with all my culinary classes and should receive my Baking and Pastry certificate in the next few weeks. It has been a great year and a half. I have really enjoyed all my classes and feel that I've learned a lot. I plan to continue working as the Pastry Chef at "Erika's" where I have been given more responsibilities: costing, ordering, and working on wholesale items for local restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Here are a few of the items I created during the past year that I am especially proud of:

Chocolate Violin - everything in this centerpiece is made of chocolate!













Pear Bavarian Plated Dessert - Pear Bavarian, Shortbread Cookie, Poached Pear, Vanilla Snap Cookie, Pear Chip, and Port Wine Reduction









Pistachio Cream Cake - Linzer Dough, Caramelized Bananas, Pistachio Biscuit, Vanilla Cream, Soft Toffee, Mascarpone Cheese Mousse, and Crunchy Pistachios.









Sugar Bottles - These bottles were molded out of sugar, have a modeling chocolate label, are filled with truffles, have a chocolate base, and a white chocolate cap.