Pastry Live 2013 – Pastry Atlanta Winners Announced

ATLANTA - Sept. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- Pastry Live’s newest event this year, Pastry Atlanta, featured seventeen of Atlanta’s best pastry chefs, bakers and more who shared samples of their desserts and pastries with our audience in hopes of winning one of Pastry Live’s “Atlanta’s Best” awards. We’re proud to announce this year’s winners in each category, including “Best of Pastry Atlanta 2013.”

Based on what each participant created, Pastry Atlanta highlighted five different categories in which the audience could vote, in addition to the overall “Best of Pastry Atlanta.” Chris Flores of Ratio Bakeshop was awarded the “Best Bakeshop Item” for his “Whatchamacallit Bar.” Layered with peanut puffed rice, milk chocolate ganache and brown butter caramel, his delicious recreation of the popular candy bar by the same name was certainly a favorite. “Best Confection” went to Luc Beaudet of Douceur de France for his vibrantly colored traditional French “Macarons,” each featuring a different flavor including lemon, raspberry and chocolate.

With his “Red Velvet Bar,” Derrell Lawery of Sterling Spoon Fresh Culinary Management took home “Best Cheesecake.” His creation was a mouthwatering combination of red velvet cheesecake with cream cheese mousse and chocolate ganache, putting a little bit of a twist on a traditional favorite.  Winner of “Best Ice Cream/Frozen Dessert” went to Jackson Smith of Honeysuckle Gelato for their “Sea-Salted Caramel Gelato,” a creamy vanilla bean gelato with ribbons of homemade, golden brown sea-salted caramel. Amanda Parker of Villa Christina earned the “Best Petite Dessert” award for her original creation, “Apricot Thyme Torte.” Her mini-dessert featured layers of almond genoise, apricot mousseline, rich chocolate ganache and candied almonds.

But, it was Natasha Capper of Piedmont Driving Club who earned the crowd’s favor for the “Best of Pastry Atlanta 2013.”  Her “Orange S’mores,” was comprised of toasted Grand Marnier marshmallow, graham cracker crust and a chocolate cremeux, all encased in a chocolate dome, and was voted by our audience for the prestigious award.

Promoting Atlanta’s thriving pastry scene to both regional and national audiences, Pastry Atlanta spreads the word about local chefs while simultaneously helping to build the pastry community. Pastry Live wishes to congratulate all of the winners, as well as thank each of the participants for their professionalism, hard work and dedication.

For more details on this year’s Pastry Atlanta at Pastry Live, please visit www.pastrylive.com or contact Event Producer Chef Paul Bodrogi at chef@pastrylive.com or 678.881.9490. Further information is also available at www.pastrylive.com.