Cooking Class: French L'art du Sucre

Activity Summary:

Discover the art of sugar and the various ways it can be used to express your creativity. You'll learn the techniques used in sugar ribbons, pulled sugar, and sugar soufflé. Once you've experimented with the techniques, I'll guide you through creating a classic piece before we progress into a more modern design. Everything you learn can be taken away and applied at home.

About Your Chef:

I've been a pastry chef for over 40 years, and have delighted celebrities including Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth, Danielle Steel, and Robin Williams. My passion is sugar, and I love to share it!

Chef Bio:

Chef Jean Yves Duperret grew up in France in the medieval city of Tours. He graduated from a famous engineering school, one of the best French university-level institutions in the field of engineering & science. He worked in Paris, France, as an Engineer before realizing that his true passion was the art of French pastry. He started his career alongside his stepfather who taught him rudiments of pastry. He then reinforced his skills working for prestigious French pastry shops and winning national contests, until being nationally awarded into his profession. Creating gourmet French desserts has enabled him to ally his artistic talent with his mind for logistics and efficiency. 

Chef Jean-Yves Duperret is one of the pioneer pastry Chefs in the Bay Area. He opened the pastry shop La Nouvelle Patisserie in 1984 in the Marina District and was its Chef for more than 25 years. La Nouvelle Patisserie was an iconic spot in San Francisco for French traditional delicacies. Gourmets could be tempted by scrumptious masterpiece cakes, elegant Napoleons, light mousse cakes, macaroons, canelés, financiers, fresh Madeleines, fruit tarts…Chef Jean-Yves is also the author of the book La Nouvelle Patisserie: The Art and Science of Making Beautiful Pastries and Desserts. Chef Jean Yves is recognized as one of the best ambassadors of French pastry in the Bay Area.

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