Antonio Bachour (1975 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican pastry chef.[1] In 2011, he was named one of the ten best pastry chefs in America, and subsequently won the 2012 Zest Award for Baking & Pastry Innovator after having been nominated for the 2011 award.[2][3][4] Zagat has described him as a "confection master".[5]
Antonio Bachour | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (1975) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Johnson & Wales University, Valrhona cooking school |
| Occupation | Pastry Chef |
Life and education
editBachour is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University,[6] and has studied at the Valrhona cooking school[1]
Career
editBachour has served as a judge in the 2013 US Pastry Competition and the Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition,[7] and as a guest chef at the 2013 Friends of James Beard dinner, held by the James Beard Foundation.[8]
Accolades
edit- 2012, Zest award for The Baking & Pastry Innovator by Johnson and Wales University
- 2018, Best Pastry Chef Award by the Best Chefs Awards Organization, the world’s leading culinary award platform
- 2019, Esquire Magazine Pastry chef of the year
References
edit- ^ a b Antonio Bachour: Pastry Genius, at the Miami New Times; by Emily Codik; published August 29, 2013; retrieved January 12, 2014
- ^ Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America at ICE, at the Institute for Culinary Education; published 7 June 2011; retrieved 12 January 2014
- ^ JWU & MIAMI Magazine ZEST Awards Honor Miami’s Top Chefs [https://web.archive.org/web/20140114123446/https://www.jwu.edu/content.aspx?id=965935 Archived 2014-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, at Johnson & Wales University; published April 25, 2013; retrieved January 14, 2014
- ^ Johnson & Wales salutes South Florida "leaders in culinary arts" with its new Zest awards, at Miami.com; published March 29, 2012; retrieved January 14, 2014
- ^ Making Macarons With Chef Antonio Bachour, at Zagat; by Carissa Chesanek; published December 18, 2013; retrieved January 14, 2014
- ^ Pastry Chef Antonio Bachour of The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort - Biography, at StarChefs.com; published August 2011; retrieved 12 January 2014
- ^ Nine of Pastry Chef Antonio Bachour’s latest desserts, at Dessert Buzz NYC; published January 28, 2013; retrieved January 14, 2014
- ^ Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner Archived January 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine; at The American Restaurant; published 2013; retrieved January 14, 2014
- ^ 60 creations by Antonio Bachour, at So Good... Magazine; by Jaume Cot; published October 8, 2013; retrieved January 14, 2014