Education:
Pâtisserie and Confiserie, Coba Institute, Basel, Switzerland. Pastry & Bakery School of Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany.
Apprenticeship:
Cafe Winkler, Bavaria, Germany.
Professional Experience:
Chairman, Pastry Arts, French Culinary Institute, NYC. Pastry Chef and Owner, Pâtisserie-Cafe Didier, Washington, DC. Chef-Instructor, Academie de Cuisine, Bethesda, MD. Executive Pastry Chef, Warner LeRoy’s Potomac Restaurant, Washington, DC; Tavern on the Green, NYC. Junior Partner, Quo Vadis Restaurant, NYC. Adjunct Professor, New York Community College (now New York City Technical College). Pastry Chef, Le Cirque, NYC; Le Chantilly Restaurant, NYC; Perigord Park and Perigord East, NYC; La Côte Basque, NYC; La Seine, NYC; L’Etoile, NYC; Sonesta Hotel, Washington, DC. Chef Pâtissier and Chef Confiseur, Savoy Hotel, London, England. Assistant Chef Pâtissier, Swedish Cruise Ship MS Kungholm. Assistant Pastry Chef, Filips Hovkonditori, Stockholm, Sweden. Confiseur and Pâtissier, Confiserie and Cafehaus Konig, Baden-Baden, Germany. Assistant Pastry Chef, Charly’s Tea Room, Gstaad, Switzerland; Müller Confiserie Tea Room, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland; Pasticceria-Caffe, E. Simmen Airolo, Lugano, Switzerland.
Awards:
Hall of Fame, Pastry Art & Design, 2008.