Florian Bellanger
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Florian Bellanger [b??e] (born April 20, 1968) is a French pastry chef and former executive pastry chef at Fauchon's famous Paris pastry and candy shop.
He is a permanent judge on the Food Network's competition series Cupcake Wars, with over nine seasons and 135 episodes to date.
Early career
Bellanger grew up in Paris and spent a large portion of his free afternoons baking for his families. However, a chocolate allergy in childhood barred him from enjoying candy and desserts for six years, which temporarily stifled his appetite for baking. Bellanger applied to one of Paris' most prestigious pastry schools, École de Paris des Métiers de la Table ("Paris school of table skills"), but was turned down for being a year too young. He graduated from the school with a specialization in pastry cooking and a chocolate and ice cream specialization; now, he says chocolate is his favorite ingredient and admires its versatility, saying that it is "fun" and something "taken for granted."
Bellanger, the executive pastry chef at Fauchon, oversaw 24 other pastry chefs at its Tea Salon flagship store in New York City, a "legendary French Epicurean emporium" of cakes, cookies, ice creams, and sorbets before starting his own business. He began making innovative combinations of flavors outside of the norms of culinary tradition, including orange zest, passion fruit, or coconut and raspberry marshmallow cake, Toulouse violet ice cream, and raspberry-chili pepper sorbet. He served under the leadership of French pastry chef Pierre Hermé from 1991 to 1996, and was also the executive pastry chef for Fauchon's flagship store in Qatar from 1994 to 1996.
Bellanger, the pastry chef of Le Bernardin, was a celebrity chef who starred on three Michelin stars) from 1996 to 2001, where his desserts were described as "light and dreamy" by Ruth Reichl of The New York Times.
Career
Bellanger is the chef and operator of Mad Mac Macarons and Madeleines, a well-known French cookie and pastry firm that he helped fund in 2006. Mad Mac is a leader in quality and innovation in the Macaron industry, serving in the retail, food service, and hospitality industries.
Bellanger is a member of City Harvest's Food Council and a visiting chef at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, New York. He also volunteers for charities such as C-CAP Home, the Wolfgang Puck Charity, and the Jean-Louis Palladin Foundation.
Bellanger was named one of America's top Pastry Chefs in 2003 and 2004, according to Pastry Art & Design magazine. Bellanger's achievement were recognized by the James Beard Foundation in 2000 and 2001 as "Outstanding Pastry Chef." He is also the President of the United States Pastry Competition, which takes place every February in New York City and has been broadcast on numerous television stations, including CNN, NBC, Food Network, and Martha Stewart Living. Bellanger's cake and pastry designs have been featured in numerous magazines and journals, including House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Weddings, Forbes, Brides, Modern Bride, Time Out magazine, People, The New York Times, InStyle magazine, Pastry Art & Design, Food Arts, Chocolatier magazine, and PastryScoop.com.