Introducing GONTRAN CHERRIER

by Gastrodome on 1/18/2010

Bread lovers will experience kneading nirvana with Gontran Cherrier, a fourth-generation French baker whose stunning talent and model good looks have garnered him an enormous following in France.


The former baker and patissier at Michelin-starred restaurants such as l’Arperge and Lucas Carton reveals traditional secrets [click to continue…]

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