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I don't know how lucky one person can get. I was able to go to a second pastry demonstration in two weeks. Not only that, the demonstration was done by Norman Love, the owner of one of the best lines of chocolate confections available in the U.S. today. He's been in the pastry kitchen for quite some, and was the corporate pastry chef for the Ritz-Carlton for 13 years before leaving to start Norman Love ConfectionsIt was a really great demo, too. Chef Love was advised by his legal team to not demonstrate chocolate truffles, so he did cakes instead. He made from start to finish two cakes: a chocolate hazelnut cake and a milk chocolate raspberry cake. Of course he had brought some components with him for expediency, but for the most part Chef Love mixed all of the ingredients and built each of the cakes right before our eyes. He also did sneak in some chocolate work, making the garnishes for each of the cakes.
Chef Love was really personable as well. It's obvious that he is passionate about his chosen profession and incredibly knowledgeable. He was great about answering questions and he gave out lots of great tips. He was very easy to understand. Most of the people in attendance were pastry professionals, but there were also a lot of students and I'm sure a few lay persons. And yet I am 100% sure that everyone left knowing exactly what Chef Love was talking about all night. Check out the gallery for this post: it's comprised of images I took at the demonstration.
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1-18-2008 @2:04PM Alex said... I'm sorry but I really, really want to know why he was advised by his legal team not to make truffles!!!!
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1-20-2008 @10:00PM Shayna Glick said... his legal team advised Chef Love against it because that would be like giving away proprietary information.
1-18-2008 @11:36PM Cathy said... I haven't tried Norman Love chocolates myself, but I sent them to a chocolate-loving friend, who simply adored them. She couldn't stop raving about how pretty AND delicious they were. I can see why she felt the way she did after seeing that picture of the cake!
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