12-01-2017
Milk and honey, the signature dessert from Mark Welker, executive pastry chef at Eleven Madison Park (3 Michelin stars and 3rd in the World's 50Best) and The Nomad in New York. The American pastry chef will be among the speakers at Dossier Dessert, an event enriching the afternoon on the opening day of Identità Milano, on Saturday 4th March 2017 (photo Studiotraveler/Tabelog)
For the first time since it was created, Dossier Dessert – the fine pastry-making afternoon at Identità Golose – will be held on the first day of the congress (Saturday 4th March) and not the last (traditionally on Tuesday, but this year the curtain will fall on Monday). By clicking here you can read the names of the important speakers summoned by Paolo Marchi and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona, historic supporter of the sweet session. We will open with a homage to Iginio Massari (Mariella Caruso wrote about it here), followed by lectures from Corrado Assenza, Catalan Andrea Dopico Cafarelli, Andrea Tortora from Cremona but working in Alto Adige, American Mark Welker, Gianluca Fusto together with other ex Aimo e Nadia pastry chefs, Beppe Allegretta, Mario Peqini and Galileo Reposo and finally “Japanese” Fabrizio Fiorani and Luca Fantin. Today we introduce the only American pastry chef in the group, Mark Welker. Since 2015 he’s been the executive pastry chef at Make It Nice, a group comprising Eleven Madison Park (3 Michelin stars, 3rd in the World’s 50Best), The Nomad and Made Nice, three famous establishments owned by chef Daniel Humm and maître David Guidara in New York (these will become 5 in the next few months, with the opening of Nomad in Los Angeles and 45 Park, another fine dining establishment scheduled to open in New York by 2018. After the memorable lecture on dining room and kitchen given by Humm and Guidara at Identità Milano 2015, with Welker we come full circle, so to speak, with the strongest team in the US.
Mark Welker, at the helm of a team of 30 pastry makers between Nomad NY and EMP. The staff will increase with the (imminent) opening of Nomad in Los Angeles and 45 Park, another fine dining establishment expected to open in New York by 2018 (photo EMP)
Another dessert from Welker, with chocolate and banana (photo EMP)
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born in Milan, 1973, freelance journalist, coordinator of Identità Golose World restaurant guidebook since 2007, he is a contributor for several magazines and teaches History of gastronomy and Culinary global trends into universities and institutes. twitter @gabrielezanatt instagram @gabrielezanatt