Pastry Chef Demonstration - Ron Ben-Israel

I started my 4th of July 5-day weekend by attending another wonderful chef demonstration at The French Culinary Institute. Chef Ron, dubbed "The Wedding Cake Master", attempted to ice, structure, decorate, disassemble, cut and serve a three-tiered wedding cake in under two hours... and that is just what he did, all the while entertaining us with the history of how he got started in the pastry business and answering our eager questions. The cake was of course, delicious. I am having a great learning experience at these demonstrations and can't wait to be able to apply these techniques to my own creations.

Chef Demonstration at The French Culinary Institute

This past Tuesday I attended a chef demonstration of wonderful sugar work created by Master Chef Jacques Torres at The French Culinary Institute. It was an incredible presentation and a great learning experience. He provided step my step instructions from boiling the sugar, pouring and cooling the sugar to the final creation of these lovely pieces (a rose, strawberry & butterfly, an orchard, and a ribbon. I honestly felt as if I could go home and re-create these on my own and I can't wait for the next chef demonstration.