The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to Franc... (Full plot summary below)
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The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to France to compete against 15 of France's leading pastry chefs. The filmmakers were given first time/exclusive access to this high-stakes drama of passion, sacrifice, disappointment and joy in the quest to have President Sarkozy declare them one of the best in France.
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| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseThe premise is pastry, but the story is about having a dream |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerA documentary about frantic food fanaticism and hanging around high caloric delicacies all day without gaining a single pound, amid loser tears and perfectionist accessorized cream puffs. Hey dude, it's only food. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordIf you are addicted to the Food Channel and cannot get enough of Gordon Ramsey, "Kings of Pastry" is a must see...if you have a sweet tooth, your mouth will water and your mind whirl with this carefully balanced ballet of culinary delight. |
| Boston GlobeJanice PageKings of Pastry, goes inside an intense event that few Americans know much about - a kind of tradesmen's Olympics. |
| Boston PhoenixPeg AloiHegedus and Pennebaker treat this event as both rehearsal and performance, allowing occasional moments of beauty and humanity to peek through. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineHeartfelt, feel-good doc about France's coveted competition to anoint the country's highest honor in patisserie delivers huge servings of emotionally wrenching drama and delicious visuals. |
| Village VoiceMelissa AndersonMost of the culinary footage is devoted to documenting-in flat, dull DV-the finalists' piece montée, or "sugar showpiece," in which sucrose is manipulated for its chemical properties, and dessert becomes a weird, often tacky sculpture. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasBeyond the competition, "Kings of Pastry" celebrates food as an art form to be savored, not a commodity to be consumed absent-mindedly. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezSome of the creations these chefs produce defy belief (and make you wish you could jump into the screen to have a taste). |
| AV ClubNathan RabinIn a pressure-cooker environment, Pennebaker and Hegedus' moderately engaging but ultimately unsatisfying documentary feels disappointingly lukewarm. |
