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World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be attending the Catersource Conference and Tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 26-29, 2012. Held at the Caesar’s Palace, Catersource showcases, “… creative concepts, new and money saving resources, and solid business sense that will help you grown your career and business.” Featured on the Tradeshow Floor: Spectacular [...]

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be attending For the Love of Chocolate benefit gala at the French Pastry School in Chicago on Friday, February 25, 2012. The event is a fundraiser for scholarships to attend that school. “I am excited to support such scholarships in the pastry field,” remarks Chef Chris, who is always [...]

This class is a must for the modern chocolatier. In this 2-day class, Chef Chris will cover how to design bon bon flavors and use colored cocoa butter to make edible works of art. Students will also learn contemporary flavors of ganache, production flow, shelf life and water activity. All classes begin at 8:00 AM, [...]

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be chatting with Food & Wine readers on February 13, 2012, at 2:00 PM EST. Join the online chat at facebook.com/foodandwine

This class is 16 hours over 2 days, limited to 3 students and provides hands-on instruction from Chef Chris. This class in intended for the expert sugar artist. Students will make a full-sized sugar showpiece designed by Chef Chris. The class will cover design of the showpiece, casting sugar, pouring into silicone molds, pouring on [...]

Chef Chris Hanmer works with individual clients on a consulting basis.

In this class students will learn new types of pulled and blown sugar flowers. The focus is only on new and modern flowers and techniques, and the class is for students that already have knowledge of sugar work. Chef Chris will use liquid nitrogen, molds, and new shapes to create modern sugar flowers. This class [...]

In this 2-day class, students will make a large competition-style chocolate showpiece. Chef Chris will share how he gets inspiration for the design of his showpieces, and students will learn how to find their own voice in design. The class will also cover contemporary techniques including flowers, casting chocolate in molds, airbrushing cocoa butter and [...]

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be chatting with Food & Wine readers on February 13, 2012, at 2:00 PM EST. Join the online chat at facebook.com/foodandwine

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer is featured in Vegas Seven online magazine for January 19, 2012, titled, Have Cake, Eat It Too. Writer Grace Bascos visits The School of Pastry Design in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Chef Chris discussing everything from his Top Chef appearance to the CH SweetHearts community to his views on [...]