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What are most qualifications that someone needs for becoming a pastry chef?
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Howard’s Answer
Do your homework. Study baking, chemistry, and formulas. Baking is more science than cooking. While cooking is involved you have to know how things react to heat, cold, acid, and friction. Study baking books and recipes. Reading those should cause you to have questions. Then try to make some of the products. See how they come out. Then you can ask what you can do to make it better. Get a job with a really good pastry chef. Start at the bottom and work your way up. You have to build a good foundation of knowledge. Just like an architect and a contractor building a house or a tall building. If the foundation is weak the building will fall over. It is the same in cooking. You can go as high as you want and are willing to work. If you have a good foundation in cooking and baking to start from. I hope this helps.
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Yves’s Answer
To thrive as a Pastry Chef, it's crucial to master a variety of techniques and share that wisdom with your team. Always bear in mind that a Chef is more than a cook - they're a leader, the go-to person for the team.
Think of the Pastry universe as a collection of smaller, specialized worlds. These include the art of baking bread, crafting pastries, working with chocolate and confections, decorating cakes, and creating sugar work and confectionery.
If you've got plenty of experience in all these areas, you're a golden asset as a Pastry Chef in any culinary setting.
Think of the Pastry universe as a collection of smaller, specialized worlds. These include the art of baking bread, crafting pastries, working with chocolate and confections, decorating cakes, and creating sugar work and confectionery.
If you've got plenty of experience in all these areas, you're a golden asset as a Pastry Chef in any culinary setting.
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Michel’s Answer
Work at the best restaurants with the best pastry chefs. Have passion. Never settle.
Thank you for the advice.
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