The competitors in the StarChefs International Pastry Competition:  Live updates here and via Twitter at @Dessertbuzz

Pastry Competitors for the round of  20:

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Today I wrote about Dominique Ansel’s torched-to-order, frozen S’More, AKA the “Fro-Smo” on Serious Eats NY. But here’s are some great outtakes and also a video loop. Enjoy.

Frozen s'more by Dominique Ansel Bakery

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Make sure you visit Serious Eats New York for my latest dessert reviews

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Yup, the paper of record reached out to Dessertbuzz to talk about Dominique Ansel’s cronut. Not sure who sent them to me but we were the first entity outside of the DAB staff to try one.  The review from that visit was published on Serious Eats NY.  The photos shown here have been published around the world on about a million websites for the last three weeks.

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Laurie Jon Moran of Le Bernardin being honored as a Top 10 Pastry Chef

You can view my coverage of last night’s awards on Serious Eats NY.  Full Coverage of past Top 10 events can be found here: 2012, 2011, 2010.  Follow DessertBuzz on Twitter for all your NYC Pastry news. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bill Corbett plating his Goat Cheesecake

San Francisco, CA: I already posted some snaps from the Killed By Dessert bake sale on May 11. But it took me a few weeks to sort through the 700+ photos from the main event.  The dessert-dinner on Sunday night at the San Francisco Cooking School to benefit Share Our Strength. Fortunately for me, San Francisco Gate food writer, Paulo Lucchesi did a fantastic job writing about the event (and taking photos)–so I’m not sure where that leaves this coverage! Please read on… Read the rest of this entry »

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Taste of the Upper West Side will feature many DessertBuzz Favorites

Fantastic seasonal fare by Jean-Georges Vongerichten is expected for Saturday's "Best of the West"

Don’t miss the Sixth annual Whole Foods Market new Taste of the Upper West Side featuring many DessertBuzz Favorites such as Jean-Georges, Dovetail, Sugar and Plumm, Sarabeth’s and Momofuku Milk Bark. Read the rest of this entry »

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