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Chef↕ | Born↕ | Country↕ | Signature Creation↕ | Notable Venue↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Herme | 1,961 | France | Ispahan macaron | Pierre Herme Paris | Picasso of Pastry, Ispahan rose-lychee-raspberry, luxury macarons, flavor architect |
| Dominique Ansel | 1,977 | France/USA | Cronut | Dominique Ansel Bakery NYC | Invented the Cronut (2013), cookie shot, Frozen S'more, pastry innovator |
| Cedric Grolet | 1,985 | France | Trompe-l'oeil fruit | Le Meurice Paris | Realistic fruit-shaped desserts, youngest World's Best Pastry Chef 2018, Instagram phenomenon |
| Adriano Zumbo | 1,981 | Australia | V8 cake | Zumbo Patisserie | MasterChef Australia croquembouche maker, V8 layered cake, colorful zumbarons |
| Gaston Lenotre | 1,920 | France | Opera cake refinement | Lenotre Paris | Father of modern French pastry, trained a generation, modernized classics, Lenotre school |
| Jordi Roca | 1,978 | Spain | Goal of Messi dessert | El Celler de Can Roca | World's Best Pastry Chef 2014, perfume-inspired desserts at three-Michelin-star Celler |
| Claire Heitzler | 1,976 | France | Fruit-forward tarts | Laduree | Former Laduree creative director, Ledoyen pastry chef, World's Best Female Pastry Chef 2015 |
| Amaury Guichon | 1,991 | France | Chocolate sculptures | Pastry Academy Las Vegas | Viral chocolate sculpture videos, The School of Chocolate (Netflix), technical wizardry |
| Christina Tosi | 1,981 | United States | Crack Pie | Milk Bar | Milk Bar founder, Crack Pie, Cereal Milk ice cream, nostalgic American desserts |
| Dominique Crenn pastry counterpart Juan Contreras | 1,983 | Mexico/USA | Bees and honeycomb dessert | Atelier Crenn | Pastry chef at three-Michelin-star Atelier Crenn, nature-inspired plated desserts |
| Philippe Conticini | 1,963 | France | Verrines | La Patisserie des Reves | Invented the verrine concept, deconstructed Paris-Brest, modernist French pastry |
| Angelo Musa | 1,973 | France | Paris-Brest | Hotel Plaza Athenee | World Pastry Champion 2003, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, Plaza Athenee pastry chef |
| Francois Payard | 1,966 | France/USA | Flourless chocolate walnut cookie | Payard Patisserie NYC | Third-generation French pastry, famous flourless cookies, multiple cookbooks |
| Duff Goldman | 1,974 | United States | Sculptural cakes | Charm City Cakes Baltimore | Ace of Cakes (Food Network), sculpted pop-culture cakes, mainstream baking star |
| Ron Ben-Israel | 1,958 | Israel/USA | Sugar flower wedding cakes | Ron Ben-Israel Cakes | Hyperrealistic sugar flowers, celebrity wedding cakes, Sweet Genius host |
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