PUNTOITALY N°2 - July - December 2012

United States, dessert in a glass based on marrons glacés. France, sculpture in sugar. France, cake with chocolate. France, dessert in a glass based on marrons glacés. The pastry chef Kyun Ran Baccon, 2nd place winner. United States, cake with chocolate. The pastry chef Susan Notter, 3rd place winner. Competitions 32 of Qualified and Specialised Gelato Maker, attending the courses taught by Master Francesco Palmieri. It was here that she determined to improve the know-how in patisserie which she had developed in the courses run by Masters such as Massari, Biasetto, Magni, Tonti, Zoia and Giorilli. She then began to work at Francesco Palmieri’s gelato parlour with the English name “Very Good” in Manfredonia, after which she went on to work at Roberto Rinaldini’s patisserie-chocolate shop in Rimini, and lastly at Stefano Laghi & Massimo Villa’s Chocolats at Faenza working in chocolate. Sonia is now a free- lance professional, running courses in Italy and abroad on her great passion: chocolate. Her favourite recipe is a dark ganache with coffee, sambuca and zabaione, a truffle with a white chocolate coating which she presented as a demonstration at Dolcemente Prato in 2009. •