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World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be a guest chef at the Bogota Wine & Food Festival in Bogota, Columbia, on August 22-26, 2012. Chef Chris will join prominent chefs from around the world at this international event celebrating Columbia’s growing presence in the culinary world. After the 2011 Bogota Wine & Food Festival more »

May 22-26, 2012, celebrates the 20th annual New Orleans Food & Wine Experience. This year offers a new event: The Big Gateaux Show, a cake showpiece competition. World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be serving as a judge as 5-member teams compete for the $5000 prize. Through its 20 year history, the New Orleans more »

On June 4th, 2012, Dessert Professional magazine will hold their 19th annual awards ceremony to present the 2012 Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America. Dessert Professional is the nation’s leading publication of the pastry, ice cream, and chocolate industries. “With more and more remarkable talent filling the ranks of dessert professionals, being recognized as one more »

The School of Pastry Design in Las Vegas, Nevada, offers a schedule of professional pastry classes that are open to pastry students of all levels, from novice to professional. But one of the most exciting professional pastry class experiences is a one-on-one tutoring session with World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer. When these one-on-one pastry more »

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer will be attending the upcoming 20th anniversary New Orleans Wine & Food Experience May 22-26, 2012. Chef Chris will be serving as a judge as 5-member teams compete in a cake showpiece competition, a new event specially scheduled for the 20th anniversary celebration: The Big Gateaux Show. “Over the more »

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer and the School of Pastry Design have posted their new pastry class schedule through August of 2012. The most popular standard classes include the Chocolate Design Series and the Sugar Design Series. Both class series allow any pastry student or pastry professional to find the perfect level of class more »

World Champion Pastry Chef Chris Hanmer was recently interviewed in April 2012 Family Circle. The article by Jonna Galla Weppler focuses on Chef Chris’ kosher dessert recipes, which he continues to develop throughout the years. A recipe for kosher Molten Chocolate Cakes is included with the article. In the conversation with Family Circle, Chef Chris more »

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 more »

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 more »