Things are going to get a lot sweeter this fall at the La Peer Hotel when well-known pastry chef Chris Ford opens a new chocolate and dessert shop dubbed “Butter Love & Hardwork”. “As of today it’s a ...

“I didn’t want to work in a big hotel like the Plaza Athénée again,” Préalpato tells Observer. “I wanted to work in a little hotel. When I met [owners] Sarah and Zeina [Georges], we were really in ...

The pastries at Valentine beckon. On a sunny Sunday, a line of patrons stretches from the lively Phoenix restaurant's entrance to the charcoal bar counter. That's where the scones piled Jenga style ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated for clarification. For Pastry Chef João Fernando de Matos, baking is not necessarily about perfection. While he is meticulously refining every single recipe ...

Chef Rémy Fünfrock is always busy. Always. As the executive chef at La Patisserie, Hotel Bennett’s French pastry shop in Charleston, Fünfrock is constantly whipping up culinary delights for hotel ...