Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Award 2018 for Modernist Bread (Restaurant & Professional category)
★International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Award 2014 for The Elements of Dessert
★Top Ten Pastry Chef in America 2011 by Dessert Professional magazine
★Medal of Master Artisan Pastry Chef 2013 from Gremi de Pastisseria de Barcelona
★CIA Faculty Member of the Year 2008
Notable Facts
→Co-author of James Beard Award-winning Modernist Bread and Modernist Pizza books
→Former Head Chef at Modernist Cuisine for 10 years (2014-2024)
→Currently Head of Pastry at three-Michelin-star restaurant noma in Copenhagen
→Former professor at Culinary Institute of America for 8 years
→Worked as executive pastry chef at The French Laundry and Bouchon Bakery
→Owner of Hudson Chocolates chocolate shop in New York
→Author of multiple cookbooks including Frozen Desserts, The Modern Café, and The Elements of Dessert
→Has 82K Instagram followers