Posts by audrey60618

Hey y'all! I will be graduating from the French Pastry School here in Chicago in December and will be returning to my hometown of Dallas, Texas upon completing my program. Through the grapevine, does anyone on our boards know if there...

Dear Ashley: Welcome to Chef Talk! I'm a student at The French Pastry School in Chicago, and do have a bit of advice. Like yourself, I only wanted to do cakes, but I felt is was important wanted to have a full education in the Pastry...

Indeed, it would be the CakeGirls. However, I must stress that my desire to open a shop of my own was based on my own passion and natural ability for cake baking/decorating. Given the fact that these 2 sisters acheived success with...

That makes perfect sense! It sounds what I'm hearing is to expect the unexpected, have a solid business plan, and don't use anyone elses success as a model for my own. Thanks a bunch Pan. If only we had not moved from my hometown of...

Your response was pretty much what I thought. There is only so much one can do with a "cut & paste" education in the pastry arts. I'm basing my want to open a cake shop on the model used by two women here in Chicago who own...

Hello professional pastry chefs! I've scoured the boards looking for an answer to my question, but simply cannot. Please forgive me if this topic has been covered a thousand times over; I do not wish to waste anyone's valuable time. I...