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Italy wins the World Chocolate Masters 2013

The World Chocolate Masters is a competition among great professional chefs from all over the world. The final took place 

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The next great pâtissier

Last night the show “Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier?” (“Who will the next great pastry chef be?”) premiered on 

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Pastry World Cup 2013

Last Sunday, 18 teams from all over the world met in Lyon, France, for the Pastry World Cup, probably the 

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Competition: The best amateur macaron of Nice

Seven of the best pastry chefs in France have organised in seven cities a competition to find the best amateur 

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The Great French Bake Off

“Le meilleur pâtissier” (i.e. “The best pastry chef”) is finally here. It is the show for which I auditioned last 

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No TV show for me :-(

Today I’ve received a call and I’ve been informed that I was not selected for the TV show I auditioned 

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Another show, another audition

Last December I won the third prize in a Christmas cake contest and this got me a nice call from 

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My Masterchef auditions

Today I took a day off. I went to Marseille for the auditions of the TV show Masterchef France! Masterchef 

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Competition: The best Christmas cake in Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat

Et voilà, after 2 weeks of experiments, I came out with my cake for the Christmas competition at Saint-Jean Cap 

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Hi, my name is Rob, I work in IT but I love baking and I also got a pastry diploma. I created this blog to keep track of my journey from complete beginner to world pastry champion (I'm not there yet).

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