Presented by
Keli Fayard
Co-chef and Co-owner Vanille Patisserie, Chicago

Podcast courtesy of WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified

We’re going to satisfy your historical sweet tooth when pastry chef Keli Fayard gives us a slice of French Pastry history. There’s a whole buttertub of luscious lore behind such classics as eclairs, Croquembouche, and Paris Brest. And you’ll marvel over the miracle of mousse cakes and who was the first to modernize these to-die-for treasures. Reference material includes a sweet sampling of the chef’s own French pastry.

BIO: A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Chicago native Keli Fayard and her award-winning French-chef husband Dimitri opened the acclaimed Vanille Patisserie in 2003 on north Clybourn Ave. (www.vanillepatisserie.com). Before fulfilling her dream, Keli honed her talents working at the French Pastry School in Chicago, Rhapsody Restaurant, and leading restaurants in New York and Las Vegas.

Program hosted at Kendall College.