december-2011

WORDS: ROBERTA MUIR; TWITTER @ROBERTAMUIR
EVENTS /// PROFILES /// FOOD /// DRINKS /// PLACES /// STYLE
CLOCKWISE FROM
MAIN: Cocolat
Dessert Café;
croquembouche
from Belle Époque
Pâtisserie;
the coconut,
passionfruit, ginger
mint creation from
Burch & Purchese
Sweet Studio
PERTH
Choux Café brings a little bit of
Paris to Perth. As well as the de
rigueur macarons, chef Emmanuel
Mollois makes beautiful cakes and
desserts including Gianduja Gateau
(caramelised biscuit layers with
chocolate and hazelnut mousse)
and Paris Brest (choux pastry fi lled
with hazelnut butter cream).
93 Shenton Rd, Swanbourne,
tel: +61 (8) 9385 4227.
BRISBANE
Belle Époque Pâtisserie matches a
French-inspired interior with French
pâtisserie. Pastry chef Nick Tierney
uses only the fi nest ingredients like
French Isigny butter and Valrhona
couverture, to create classic desserts
such as lemon meringue pie and fruit
tarts. 1000 Ann St, Fortitude Valley,
tel: +61 (7) 3253 6999.
SWEET NEWS
Australia’s ‘cake queen’ Paris
Cutler is lighting up the
LifeStyle FOOD channel with
the delectable Planet Cake.
We ask her what’s cooking
HOW HAS PLANET
CAKE EVOLVED?
When I bought the business
in 2003, it was a tiny shop
with just one decorator. Now
we’re regarded as the best
cake decorators in Australia
with the largest decorating
school in the southern
hemisphere, three books and
the new television series.
WHO ARE SOME OF THE
CELEBRITIES YOU’VE MADE
CAKES FOR?
Wedding cakes for Nicole
Kidman, Lleyton Hewitt and
Guy Sebastian; Celine Dion’s
40th birthday cake.
WHAT’S THE MOST BIZARRE
CAKE YOU’VE MADE?
A life-sized leg for a
man celebrating the 1st
anniversary of losing his
leg in a car accident; he
wanted everyone to have a
laugh. I thought he was so
courageous and what better
way to deal with a situation
like that than with humour!
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