PASTRY COURSES

Masterclass: Viennoiserie by Antonio Bachour

June 2-4, 2025 - 3 days

Antonio Bachour

Chef/Owner, Bachour

@antonio.bachour
$ 1700 $ 1190
30% discount off all classes for north american cercle v members
Interested in participating in the class Have questions ? Email ecolebrooklyn@valrhona.com

Celebrated for his instagramable pastries, his use of color, classic technique, and creative flavors, Chef Bachour is selling hundreds of croissants a day! We are thrilled to welcome him back to l’Ecole Valrhona Brooklyn where he will share his knowledge of laminated doughs and breads. You will learn the skills to make his classic and bicolor croissants with delicious filings, kouign amann, danishes, and more! Chef Bachour will teach you how to combine flavors and décor techniques that will keep your customers coming back for more. Come learn Chef Bachour’s tricks to create unique bakery items during this demonstration style masterclass.

This class is designed for professional pastry chefs with an intermediate-advanced knowledge of bakery and pastry in a professional setting. Please note this class is not suitable for beginners or home bakers.

OBJECTIVES: 

  • Recreate some of the bakery recipes from Chef Bachour’s shop “Bachour”.
  • Learn how to create eye catching bakery items and travel cakes.
  • Explore adding new flavor combinations to classic recipes.

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am: Arrival & light breakfast

9:00am – 12:30pm: Class

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch

1:30-5:00pm: Class

These times are approximations and may vary. Please note that class may go over the allotted time to cover all the class material. As a result, we do not recommend booking travel that will require you to leave class at 5pm or earlier. Please keep this in mind when arranging your travel.

What’s included in the class?

  • A recipe book with all recipes and relevant methods or techniques (varies based on class theme).
  • A diploma that certifies you have successfully completed the course.
  • Light breakfast and catered lunch each day.
  • Cocktail hour after first day of class.

Chef Referral Program

Refer a friend for a l’École Valrhona Brooklyn 2025 professional class and receive a $200 credit to use towards a 2025 class, your friend will also receive a $200 credit to use towards the class they sign up for!

Antonio Bachour grew up in Puerto Rico and was hooked on pastry from a young age, thanks to a childhood spent in his family’s bakery. He dedicated his first few years honing his trade in Puerto Rico as a pastry cook at Sand Hotel and Casino and Westin Rio Mar. In search for a better place to continue growing professionally, 2001 found Bachour States-bound, in Miami Beach, as executive pastry chef at Talula. Pretty soon he was trying his hand at Italian delicacies at both Devito South Beach and Scarpetta in New York and Miami.​

​In 2009, Bachour was asked by KNR Food Concepts to be a part of the opening team at the W South Beach Hotel. Shortly after, he took over responsibility for all pastries for The Trump Soho hotel and its restaurants. In April 2011 Bachour trained in France with renowned chef Philippe Givre at L’Ecole Valrhona and that same year he was selected as one of the “Top 10 Pastry Chefs” in America plus was finalist in the 2011 International Chef Congress Pastry Competition.Bachour’s local and international fame was cemented during his tenure at the Bal Harbour St. Regis where he was Executive Pastry chef from 2011 until 2016.​

​In 2012, Johnson and Wales University selected Antonio for the Zest award for Baking & Pastry Innovator.Bachour’s hyper-creative desserts have been featured in numerous pastry publications, such as So Good Magazine, Dulcypas, Saber y Sabor (Spain), Starchefs (The Architecture of New York), Gourmet Magazine, Dessert Professional, Pastry Art & Design, National Culinary Review (Magazine of the American Culinary Federation).​

​In 2018, Antonio was awarded the Best Pastry Chef Award by the prestigious Best Chefs Awards organization, the world’s leading culinary award platform.Antonio has four published books; Bachour, Bachour Simply Beautiful, Bachour Chocolate and Bachour The BakerHe has spent the bulk of the past few years since leaving the St. Regis, teaching pastry around the world, and working on his flagship store which opened in Coral Gables in the spring of 2019.

If you cancel 45 days or more prior to the first day of class, you will be completely refunded. If you cancel within 45 days you will receive a 50% refund or 100% class credit to be used within a year of the cancellation date. If you cancel within one week of the class you will receive a 50% class credit to be used within one year of the cancelation date. 

We do our best to avoid canceling or rescheduling classes, however, please be aware that classes are subject to change due to conflicts, instructor illness, travel issues, etc. We will contact you immediately in case of any date changes or course cancellations. In the case a class is rescheduled or canceled we offer you the choice of a full refund or a class credit to be used within one year of the cancelation date. 

As Valrhona is not responsible for your accommodations we recommend booking refundable forms of transportation and accommodations, so if an unforeseen change occurs you will not be charged. 

 *Offer cannot be combined with any additional discounts. Only eligible for classes taught in the United States.*

Contact us at ecolebrooklyn@valrhona.com for more details!