The New Pâtissiers

An introduction to forty of the finest pastry chefs in the world plus unique recipes for re-creating their tempting confections at home

The featured chefs include Rosio Sanchez, pastry chef at Noma, recently voted World’s Best Restaurant for the third year running; Bonnie Gokson, crowned “Queen of Confectionery” in Asia by wedding-event guru Colin Cowie; Nathaniel Reid, one of Dessert Professional’s Top 10 Pastry Chefs in America; and World Chocolate Master, Carmelo Sciampagna. There are instructions for a mouth-watering variety of cakes, tarts, biscuits, petits fours, pastries, confectionery, chocolates, ice creams, and sorbets; and a final section, “Wonderland Confections,” focuses on the world of celebratory cakes.