About Me

I have been training as a Pastry chef and chocolatier with William Curley for over 4 years. With William and Suzues' help and guidance I won The William Heptinstall Scholarship 2010. The Scholarship is a fund to help young chefs gain experience through work placements in other countries. William Curley won this scholarship as well, travelling to L'Esperance, France. I have been inspired by William and Suzue who have both spent time training in France. Travelling in France will be the first leg of my trip. I will also travel to Japan in October, which I am really looking forward to as Suzue has shown me many books and magazines of Japanese chefs taking Traditional french classics and making it their own with flavour and style.

Thursday, 2 June 2011

First few days at Theirry Mulhaupt

At Thierry Mulhaupt the day begins at 5am... I get up at 4am to get ready, then wait on the corner of Place de Hagenau for a lift up to the Laboartoire (Kitchen). On my first two days I worked on the Patisserie and Petit four section, I made tartlet au Citron Vert (lime tarts) and then Pear financiers. There are 3 sections at Theirry Mulhaupt; Tourier - This consists of the venoisserie,pain au chocolat, croissants. Pastry shortcrust for quiches, puff pastry and sweet pastry for tartlets. The Chocolate section makes, Pate du fruit, indivual chocolates and chocolate bars. Lastly the entremet section which makes all of the patisserie lemon tarts, Black forest and eclairs to name just a few.

Everyday in the morning the chefs prepare the patisserie for the day, Theirry has two shops in Strasbourg, one is a chocolatierie and the other a patisserie shop. The Van delivers the cakes and chocolates at around 7 am in the morning and then brings back any leftover croissants from the day before that the chefs enjoy for breakfast; usually with some of the hand made jam. I had mine with the cherry jam and was delighted that the two hours of pitting thousands of cherries was well worth it!! Tres bon!!

Today is a Bank holiday here in France and I have spent the time soaking up the sun and sights of Strasbourg, I have tried to post some photos but there seems to be a problem! Hopefully I can get it sorted for next time - until then... Bonne journee!

Sarah
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3 comments:

  1. Debbie2 June 2011 at 13:33

    I'm really hungry now that I have read this blog and the diet is already tough cos got new chocs delivered today so had to test those out lol! Lovely to hear about life in Strasbourg x

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  2. Paris Patisseries2 June 2011 at 23:29

    Very cool. When I was photographing Mr. Curley a couple weeks ago, he mentioned you would be chez Mulhaupt and later Rigollot. I got to shoot both at work in April and May. Nice guys. Thierry's labo smells incredible, doesn't it?! I couldn't believe it when I walked in. And you'll enjoy Annecy, once you head there. It's a pretty town.

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  3. ~~Martine~~8 June 2011 at 08:11

    Just a coucou from England. It was nice talking to you the other night on the phone (in between cleaning the dogs' poo!!!)
    I know it must be a bit lonely but it's all a good exprerience and it will look good on your CV. And at least you have the food to comfort yourself. Don't forget to go and sniff around a few charcuteries..for me! x

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