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So Good Magazine
Chef Wei Loon Tan and Chef Ming Ai Loi win the World Pastry Cup 2019
The Malaysian team, consisting of Wei Loon Tan (sugar chef), Otto Tay (chocolate chef) and Ming Ai Loi (ice carver), became the winner of the World Pastry Cup held in Lyon. On its 30th anniversary the competition made history by placing Malaysia at the top of its podium for the first time, with only a few points (11.904) ahead of Japan (11.862) in second place, and at some distance ahead of Italy (11.083) in third.
So Good Magazine
Chef Wei Loon Tan wins the Asian Pastry Cup 2018
Malaysia has won the Asian Pastry Cup 2018, the largest “live” pastry competition in Asia, held in April during the International Food and Hospitality Tradeshow Food&HotelAsia (FHA) in Singapore.
The team, sponsored by Dobla and formed by Otto Tay, Tan Wei Loon and Patrick Siau, won over eleven other participating countries, obtaining a direct pass to the 2019 Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in Lyon. Like the rest of the candidates, they had eight hours to prepare and present a chocolate showpiece, a sugar showpiece, 18 plated desserts and 2 chocolate pastries.
So Good Magazine · Popular Pastry Schools
Academy of Pastry Arts — one of the finest pastry schools in Asia
Founded in 2010 in the heart of Petaling Jaya in Malaysia by Niklesh Sharma, the Academy of Pastry Arts is known as one of the finest pastry schools in Asia, with centres across the region:
- Malaysia (2010)
- Philippines (2015)
- India — New Delhi (2015), Bangalore (2017), Mumbai (2018)
- Indonesia (2018)
- Singapore (2019)
Academy announcement · 20 June 2017
Partnership with Treston International College
Signing of the MOU between the Academy of Pastry and Culinary Arts Philippines and Treston International College for a brand new program called “Entrepreneurship in Pastry and Bakery Arts”.
Asia Food News
Behind the scenes: Chef Janelle Toh’s showpiece for the World Pastry Queen Championship
Last January 13 we spotted Academy of Pastry Arts Philippines’ very own Chef Janelle Toh working in a calm but sure demeanour, one that indicated hushed confidence. That weekend marked the final dry run of the first ever Philippine representative to the fourth edition of the World Pastry Queen Competition.
The Philippine Star
Baking school run by the world’s top pastry chefs opens in Manila
MANILA, Philippines — Manila has undoubtedly some of the best culinary schools, since many students nowadays want to pursue a rewarding and lucrative career in the culinary industry. But there are no schools solely dedicated to teaching how to bake breads and pastries.
Thankfully, now there is. Filipinos who would like to learn how to bake brioche, tarts, quiches, macarons, truffles, pralines, crème brûlée, scones and all the delicious pastries you can imagine can now have a chance to learn them from some of the world’s master bakers.
Introducing the Academy of Pastry and Bakery Arts, the first pastry school in the Philippines where the world’s top pastry chefs are the instructors.
The Philippine Star
World-renowned pastry chefs open Pastry and Bakery Academy in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Pastry chef Jean-François Arnaud and a group of international chefs opened the Academy of Pastry and Bakery Arts Philippines last Aug. 5.
The Philippine school is a sister school of the Academy of Pastry Arts Malaysia, which Chef Jean co-founded with pastry chef Niklesh Sharma.
Chef Niklesh, the Academy’s managing director, shared that many students, including Filipinos, go to Europe or the United States to undergo pastry training, where the courses can be very expensive.
