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Interview: pastry chef Danielle Keene (Bittersweet Treats)

L.A. native Danielle Keene attended Los Angeles Culinary Institute in Encino and worked at The Little Door, Blair’s and BLT Steak before racking up accolades at Wilshire Restaurant for introducing concepts like “Ice Cream...
Pastry Chef Los Angeles

Interview: pastry chef Waylynn Lucas (fōnuts)

Waylynn Lucas spent her first eight years in L.A. before her mom moved the family to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She started working at restaurants at age 12, and after returning to Los Angeles at...
Pastry Chef Los Angeles

Interview: pastry chef Jamie Cantor (Platine)

Miami Beach native Jamie Cantor trained at the Culinary Institute of America before moving to the Napa Valley and breathing the rarified air of The French Laundry’s kitchen, where she worked for culinary legend...
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Interview: pastry Chef Roxana Jullapat (AMMO)

Costa Rica native Roxana Jullapat initially set out to have a career in journalism but rerouted to the kitchen after reporting on what became a life-changing story. She attended the Southern California School of...
Pastry Chef Los Angeles

Interview: pastry chef Elizabeth Belkind (Cake Monkey)

Growing up, the idea that pastry chef Elizabeth Belkind would one day be making refined versions of American snack treats like Sno Balls and Ho Hos would have been been unimaginable. They simply didn’t...
Pastry Chef Los Angeles

Interview: pastry chef Adrian Vasquez (Providence)

You may have heard of trial by fire. Well, that’s nearly what a young Adrian Vasquez experienced when he first made brownies. The smell of scorched chocolate caused his mother to rush into the...