The Art of French Pastry

We didn’t know ahead of
time which tasks we would
be asked to perform.
The two-day exam took
place at a cooking school in
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, a
suburb of Strasbourg. Each
candidate had his own
station. As soon as I
arrived I got to work
setting up my table. A
judge smiled at me and
said, “You’re one of Jean