FINE Pastry Arts
Going to fine hotels and restaurants, you see a myriad of visually stunning sweet creations that satisfy not only your palate but your artistic mind. Textures, contours, and colours of these petits gateaux and entremets resonate with their carefully designed flavour profiles. Let us deconstruct the intricacies and go through the process with you step-by-step, so you can recreate these fine pastry here and at home.
Class listing updated on Feb 6, 2025
Black Forest Squared
$195 or 7 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: 4 - 4.5 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 9
Original components of Black Forest are cast into a new dimension. Dark chocolate genoise comes to the top painted with your artistic strokes, between which hides the flavourful duo of chocolate and cherry creams. The cake can be served whole, or cut into 4 or 9 squares, revealing the kirsch soaked cherries waiting to be discovered.
French Pear Almond Tart
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: 3 - 3.5 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 8
On ‘Bourdaloue Road’ in Paris, this very Parisian tart became a classic tart that incorporates poached pears, roasted almonds, and frangipane cream. Learn to make the tart base and frangipane from scratch for they will pave your road to haute pastry.
Velvet Texture Matcha Aduki Petit Gateaux
$135 or 5 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: 3.5 - 4.5 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 8
Description coming soon.
Pain Suisse: Chocolate and Ube Purple Yam
$195 or 7 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: 6 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 6
Lamination has lined up quite a following on social media where sheets of buttery dough are seen being rolled into striated art pieces on conveyor belts. Experience this hands-on! Learn from making your own croissant dough and ube cream, and layering them into fine lines of flaky goodness. Everyone gets to work on a sheeter.
Trianon Crispy Dark Chocolate Entremet
$195 or 7 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: 3.5 - 4.5 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 8
Marie Antoinette might love her chocolate cake, but who are we to judge when we make our royally decadent entremet with a nutty dark chocolate ganache over an airy cocoa sponge, topped with delicate piped chocolate mousse and a crisp, tempered disc.
Mont Blanc, Classic Chestnut Dome Cake
$219 or 8 prepaid points /person
All materials included
Duration: 3.5 - 4.5 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 6
Mont Blanc is a dessert that has seen many colourful variations. Three original components of pureed chestnut, crispy meringue, and soft cream brought textural juxtapositions, therefore varying the flavours and advancing on the textures allows for endless combinations on this great design. Learn to recreate various textures using seasonal flavours, and build them into a sweet mount to share.
Class fee is per person per set of materials, subject to HST.
HANDS-ON CLASS INCLUDES:
Relevant recipes
Hands-on practice on recipes as guided by chef instructor
All materials needed – the tools and ingredients we use in class are of top quality
An apron to use during class (you are welcome to bring your own)
Container for you to take away your finished product
Private class available for booking from 4 people. Please send us an email with your group’s preferred dates and time, we will try to accommodate.