By dominiqueansel on Monday, July, 15th 2013 in News
A custard ice cream center that’s covered with crispy chocolate wafer chips, and all enrobed in a modified frozen marshmallow? Thrillist digs into Chef Dominique Ansel’s Frozen S’mores, and gets up close to the flames as these babies are torched to order. They even come on their own apple wood smoked tree branch. For the …
By dominiqueansel on Monday, July, 15th 2013 in News
Chef Dominique Ansel talks to BMF Le Grand Journal about the Cronut® and the story of how it came to be. From the 2 month development, with more than 10 recipe trials, to how he now manages the line and customers daily.
By dominiqueansel on Friday, July, 12th 2013 in News
The New Yorker published a video about Chef Dominique’s creative process and how he decided to go from transforming a winter time treat into a cool summer ice cream. Chef Dominique chats about his inspirations behind his creations.
By dominiqueansel on Friday, July, 12th 2013 in News
Chef Dominique Ansel introduced a new item to his summer line up: the Frozen S’more. The Chef fills a modified marshmallow recipe that can be frozen with a delicious vanilla ice cream covered with chocolate feuilletine. In lieu of a cone, he Frozen S’more is then served on a willow branch that has been smoked …
By dominiqueansel on Thursday, July, 4th 2013 in News
Chef Dominique Ansel joins Martha Stewart on Mostly Martha (Sirius XM radio) to chat about his time at restaurant Daniel to starting his own bakery. Chef and Martha try some DKA’s (Dominique’s Kouign Amann), a favorite treat that Martha likes for her holiday parties, and talk about other French pastries — like the galettes des …
By dominiqueansel on Wednesday, July, 3rd 2013 in News
Channel M6 covers the story of Chef Dominique Ansel from his start as Executive Pastry Chef for Daniel Boulud to starting his own store and now to the Cronut®. See fan reactions in line and how the typical morning starts for Chef. Full video here. Forward to 00:18:09 for the segment.
By dominiqueansel on Wednesday, July, 3rd 2013 in News
Japanese FCI correspondents visited the bakery last week to talk about the new Cronut® craze to their viewers in Japan. Their host lined up in the morning and had a taste test, declaring the Cronut®, “worth the wait”! To view the full video, click here.
By dominiqueansel on Monday, July, 1st 2013 in News
Richard Quest covers the Cronut® for CNN Money, speaking with Chef Dominique and customers in line to find out: just what makes everyone go nuts for Cronut® pastries?
By dominiqueansel on Tuesday, June, 25th 2013 in News
Time Magazine trends the hottest topics of this summer, and talks about the Cronut®!
By dominiqueansel on Wednesday, June, 19th 2013 in News
Chef Dominique Ansel and Sous Chef Anna McGorman visits Huff Post Live to chat about Cronut® pastries, and the craze that has followed. See them describe how the creation came about and the stories that have resulted since then.