Dominique Ansel x Lisa Perry Ice Cream Truck Pop Up!

By dominiqueansel on Wednesday, July, 30th 2014 in News

In celebration of all things POP! (pop culture, pop tart, pop up) Chef Dominique Ansel and designer Lisa Perry will be hosting a one day ice cream pop up truck in the East Hamptons. Chef Dominique will serve Warhol-inspired “sundaes in a can” with the flavors of Lisa’s favorite soda pop dessert: the root beer …


TIME Magazine’s Pop Charts & The Cronut® Pastry

By dominiqueansel on Tuesday, July, 22nd 2014 in News

TIME Magazine’s Pop Charts this week covered a history of some landmark from McDonald’s Michael Jordan-inspired McJordan barbecue sauce which sold for close to $10,000 on eBay two decades later to Twinkies that went on sale for $60 after the Hostess closed to 2013: the Cronut® pastry black market.


Birthday Cake for Saveur’s 20th Birthday!

By dominiqueansel on Tuesday, July, 15th 2014 in News

To celebrate Saveur Magazine’s 20th anniversary, pastry chefs from around the nation gathered together to make their version of a birthday cake fitting for two decades of the magazine’s impact on bringing recipes into the home kitchen. Chef Dominique’s creation featured a “ratatouille-inspired” charlotte that was decorated with stone fruits, passion fruit, and lady fingers …


Happy Bastille Day!

By dominiqueansel on Monday, July, 14th 2014 in News

To celebrate Bastille Day, our team participated in the annual Bastille Day Street Fair on 60th between Madison and Park. With a 60-second Frozen Yogurt (which we top with Nutella powder and macerated berries), we were so thrilled to meet guests and fans of the DKA and cannele! For more coverage, read here.


Serious Eats’ NYC Best French Bakeries

By dominiqueansel on Friday, July, 11th 2014 in News

We’re excited to be one of Serious Eats’ Best French Bakeries in NYC. With the bakery and pastry culture alive and growing, here are a list of the great places named.


25 Bakeries To See Before You Die

By dominiqueansel on Thursday, July, 3rd 2014 in News

BuzzFeed released it’s list of 25 Bakeries Around the World to See Before You Die, and we’re honored to be #1 along with a list of amazing pastry chefs and bakeries from Vienna to Japan. For the full list, click here.


Chef Dominique to Keynote for Sofi Awards

By dominiqueansel on Tuesday, July, 1st 2014 in News

On June 30th, Chef Dominique Ansel spoke to the winners and nominees of the 2014 Fancy Food Show to award them with the “Oscars” of the packaged and specialty food industry, the Sofi Awards. “Ideas are like things, you can’t keep them forever,” says the chef who chatted with the crowd on his stories growing …


Rangers & Cronut® Fans Unite

By dominiqueansel on Monday, June, 9th 2014 in News

Despite the heavy rain, hundreds of Rangers and Cronut® pastry fans alike lined up at Dominique Ansel Bakery on the first day of the home games for the Stanley Cup. Greeted by former Rangers greats, Ron Duguay and Glenn Anderson, fans received a special edition red, white, and blue Cronut® pastry. The first person was …


Cro! Rangers!

By dominiqueansel on Saturday, June, 7th 2014 in News

The Cronut® pastry is a fan of the Rangers, and the feeling is mutual! On Monday June 9th, former Ranger greats Glenn Anderson, Adam Graves and Ron Duguay will be joining the team at Dominique Ansel Bakery to meet Cronut® pastry fans. And the day would not be complete without a special edition Rangers Cronut® …


Chef Dominique Joins the (RED) Campaign to 86 AIDS

By dominiqueansel on Wednesday, June, 4th 2014 in News

This summer, Chef Dominique joins forces with some of our favorite chefs including Mario Batali, Wylie Dufresne, April Bloomfield, David Burke, Amanda Freitag, and Pat LaFrieda. From June 2nd to 10th, a portion of profits for desserts will go towards the cause of fighting AIDS and the Global Fund’s effort against AIDS and HIV in …