What do you need to be a pastry chef in a hotel?

pastry shape requirements.

There are three kinds of pastry forming methods in China: manual forming, impression forming and machine forming, but from the actual situation, it is still mainly manual forming, and it is molded into various shapes by the skillful hands of pastry chefs. A series of operation skills and technological processes in pastry modeling should focus on the purpose of eating and stimulating appetite. First, it is delicious, and second, it is beautiful, which can not only satisfy people's desire for food, but also make people feel beautiful. However, the pastry, which is mainly delicious, also has specific forms as its support. Therefore, the requirements of pastry shape are mainly manifested in the following aspects:

The modeling is simple and natural. When we make pastry, we should try our best to be concise and lively, and develop towards abstraction. On the one hand, because the primary purpose of making pasta is to eat, not to watch; On the other hand, it is too realistic, time-consuming and labor-consuming, and food is easily contaminated, which does not meet the needs of modern fast-paced life. Concise, lively and natural, which can not only satisfy the appetite, but also be hygienic, is the pursuit direction, and the tedious decoration and deliberate realism should be resolutely abandoned.

be vivid. The shape of Chinese pastry is mainly expressed in dough and crust. Pastry chefs have always been good at making flowers, birds, animals, fish, insects, melons and fruits with different shapes, which has increased the appeal and edible value of pastry. Pasta with good taste and shape can not only give people artistic enjoyment, but also create better economic benefits.

The selection of theme for pastry modeling should be combined with time factors and environmental awareness, and it is better to use objects that people like to see and hear with simple images, such as goldfish, white rabbits, jade geese, butterflies and mandarin ducks. We should be good at grasping the main characteristics of objects and extracting artistic modeling suitable for pastry modeling points from life. By using ellipsis, exaggeration, deformation, addition and geometry, we can not only create vivid noodles, but also be concise and quick.

For example, the roses used for decoration in the cake with flowers are often omitted to a few petals, but the characteristics of Chinese rose flowers are still lost; "Goldfish Dumpling" focuses on exaggerating goldfish eyes and fish tails, which is more vivid. "Butterfly Roll" deals with the complex patterns on butterflies into symmetrical geometric shapes, which is vivid and simple.

Pasta Pasta, however, most of the pasta-related staple foods should be known, and some Chinese cakes should be known, depending on what you want to know. I am a pastry chef, Chinese, but I still learn some western-style pasta at work, so I need it from time to time.