[Paris pastries / 巴黎甜點] Florence Lesage 主廚（The Westin Paris - Vendôme）發表復活節蛋創作與春季下午茶甜點 / Florence Lesage to present her Easter egg creation & Spring tea time pastries (English below)
前日下午去參加了 The Westin Paris-Vendôme（巴黎威斯汀凡登酒店）甜點主廚 Florence Lesage 的復活節巧克力蛋與春季下午茶作品發表會。雖然新年剛過沒多久，突然發現已經開始發表復活節作品有點反應不過來，但很開心知道春天馬上就要到了。
最近女性議題、女性力量在廚藝界是熱門關鍵字，許多推動重要食物議題的代表性人物都是女性。巴黎的甜點界也沒有置身這個浪潮之外，開始有越來越多女性甜點主廚展露頭角，Florence Lesage 主廚就是其中一位。年僅 25 歲，Florence 在甜點領域擁有多項資格（包括 BEP, Bac Pro, BTM 等），並獲得多項國際比賽大獎，如 Olympiades des Métiers （職業奧林匹克競賽）中獲得法國區域比賽金牌（2014）、全國金牌（2014）、全球銀牌（2015），及 2015 年 Wolrdskills Competition （世界技能競賽）的銀牌。她的糖工藝技術高超，今年更將代表法國參加 MDAS Mondial des Arts Sucrés（全球糖工藝競賽）。
我之前在為商業周刊寫的 2019 耶誕蛋糕專題中曾經介紹過 Florence 主廚的作品「瑪麗安東妮的耶誕」（Le Noël de Marie-Antoinette），細緻柔美、充滿浪漫風格，這其實是我在去年巴黎巧克力大展時看到最喜歡的耶誕蛋糕作品。這次非常幸運能夠和主廚本人見面、品嚐她的甜點，沒想到她也記得我，希望以後有更多機會能夠交流。
Florence 主廚的復活節巧克力蛋作品最令人驚奇的部分，是將其懸吊在巧克力雕塑製成的提燈中。提燈的主體部分由 40% 牛奶巧克力與 64% 黑巧克力製成，巧克力蛋外面以金箔包裹，內部則裝填了黑巧克力與白巧克力搭配帕林內（praliné）夾心的迷你巧克力蛋。春季的下午茶甜點則有五款，包括巧克力修女泡芙（religieuse chcocolat）、香草芒果米布丁（riz au lait vanille-mangue）、厚片開心果餅乾（cookie pistache）、法式布丁塔（flan）、大黃覆盆子塔（tarte rhubarbe framboise）。整體而言非常清爽，但味道都有足夠的深度與層次感。主廚並在我們前面敲碎巧克力蛋與大家一起分享，相關影音請點此欣賞（記得按到最後）：https://tinyurl.com/seaq8qu。記得點照片看更多資訊！
🔖 延伸閱讀：
商業周刊第 1674 期「2019 耶誕蛋糕 法式驚奇」專題：https://tinyurl.com/qkpstwm
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Got invited to the discover the Easter egg creation & 2020 spring tea time menu of the chef Florence Lesage the day before yesterday. I was actually very surprised to find out that it seems Spring is coming soon though the new year holidays were not so long time ago.
Female chefs, women power are the keywords recently when talking about food topics. French pastry industry is of no exception. More and more female chefs are making their way to stand out of the crowd. The chef Florence Lesage is one of them. Aged only 25, she is now the head pastry chef of The Westin Paris-Vendôme, boasting several pastry qualifications such as BEP, Bac Pro, BTM, and a dazzling background. Florence was awarded gold medal at the regional and national trials of Olympiades des Métiers in France during 2014 and 2015, she then won the silver medal in the global competition in 2015. She also won the silver medal in the 2015 Wolrdskills Competition that took place in São Paulo, Brazil. This year she is will be representing France in the Mondial des Arts Sucrés ( Sugar Art World Championship).
I’ve briefly talked about her wonderful Yule log creation in my article published on Business Weekly Taiwan last December. The “Noël de Marie-Antoinette” (Christmas of Marie-Antoinette) creation shows a delicate golden candle stand made of almond-orange cake with vanilla mousse and with 6 pink mini candles which are in fact a French mousse cake featuring the combination of marmalade and hazelnut mousse. This sweet and graceful work is actually my favorite among all Yule log creations that were exhibited at the Salon du Chocolat last year. It was really a pleasure that I finally got to meet the chef in person! Really can’t wait to see more of her future creations!
Entirely covered by gold left and filled with black and milk chocolate eggs with hazelnut praliné filling, this chocolate egg is directly attached to the chocolate sculpture shaped as a lantern. The chef demonstrated how it should be broken and shared with the family and friends that day which wowed everyone of us. Watch the video here: https://tinyurl.com/seaq8qu. 5 pastries are created for the Spring tea time menu, including a chocolate religieuse, a vanilla mango rice pudding, a pistachio cookie, a flan, and a rhubarb raspberry tart. Click on the photos for more information!
🔖 Read more:
2019 Paris Yule logs creations: https://tinyurl.com/qkpstwm
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