Baking is baking, right? So a pastry chef is just a baker with a fancier title, right? Wrong. We explain the difference between a pastry chef and a baker.

“They were hiring for a pastry chef, but that’s all they had available ... takes place daily in Lytle’s corner of the kitchen, where eggs are separated and tempered while plans are ...

But, increasingly, greatness demands a chef to be a beacon in a community, to lead with ethical values while nurturing talent ...

As a young pastry cook at Eleven Madison Park, Genie Kwon grew accustomed to a kitchen tradition: Every time the chef shouted out an order, the other cooks responded in unison, “Oui, chef!” ...

was nominated as a semifinalist in the Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker category; and Joseph Raney, who owns Skogen Kitchen in Custer, was nominated for the Best Chef in the Midwest Category.