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France Florian Bellanger is a renowned French pastry chef, co-owner of Mad Mac Macarons, and a permanent judge on Food Network's "Cupcake Wars."
Florian Bellanger is the Chef and co-owner of Mad Mac Macarons, a company dedicated to producing authentic French macarons and madeleines. Under his leadership, Mad Mac has been recognized as a leader in quality and innovation in the Macaron industry, serving retail, food service, and hospitality sectors.
Before starting his own company, Bellanger was the executive pastry chef at Fauchon's Tea Salon flagship store in New York City, and also worked at Fauchon in Paris and Qatar. He oversaw 24 other pastry chefs and became known for creating inventive combinations of flavors.
Bellanger was the pastry chef of the world-renowned (three Michelin stars) restaurant Le Bernardin from 1996 to 2001, where his desserts were described as 'light and dreamy' by Ruth Reichl of The New York Times.
Bellanger is a permanent judge on the Food Network's competition series 'Cupcake Wars,' appearing in over nine seasons and 135 episodes to date.
Florian is a member of City Harvest’s Food Council.
Florian is a guest chef faculty member at the International Culinary Center (formerly French Culinary Institute) in Manhattan, New York.
Florian Bellanger is a proud member of the US-Nepal Gastronomy Chefs Association.
Florian Bellanger was born on April 20, 1968, and grew up in Paris, France. Despite a childhood chocolate allergy that temporarily deterred him from sweets, he pursued his passion for baking. At the age of 15, he applied to the prestigious École de Paris des Métiers de la Table, graduating in 1986 with a specialization in pastry cooking, chocolate, and ice cream. He now considers chocolate his favorite ingredient due to its versatility.
His early career saw him work under the command of renowned French pastry chef Pierre Hermé at Fauchon in Paris from 1991 to 1994. He then served as the Executive Pastry Chef for Fauchon’s flagship store in Qatar from 1994 to 1996. After moving to New York City, Bellanger became the Executive Pastry Chef at Fauchon’s Tea Salon flagship store, leading a team of 24 pastry chefs. During this time, he gained recognition for his innovative flavor combinations, including orange zest, passion fruit, or coconut eclairs, raspberry marshmallow cake, Toulouse violet ice cream, and raspberry-chili pepper sorbet.
From 1996 to 2001, Bellanger was the pastry chef at the world-renowned, three Michelin star restaurant Le Bernardin, where his desserts were described as “light and dreamy” by Ruth Reichl of The New York Times. In 2006, he co-founded Mad Mac Macarons with Ludovic Augendre, a company specializing in authentic French macarons and madeleines. Mad Mac quickly became a leader in quality and innovation in the macaron industry, serving retail, food service, and hospitality sectors. Bellanger is a permanent judge on Food Network’s competition series “Cupcake Wars,” appearing in over nine seasons and 135 episodes. He is also a member of City Harvest’s Food Council and a guest chef at the International Culinary Center, actively involved in charities like C-CAP Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, the Wolfgang Puck Charity, and the Jean-Louis Palladin Foundation.
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