The celebrated pastry chef is busy collaborating with friends as she prepares for her next big step.
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The celebrated pastry chef is busy collaborating with friends as she prepares for her next big step.
Luxury hotels in many metropolitan tourist destinations are known for restaurant concepts that bank on high-profile celebrity chefs. But Asheville hotels, while pushing the parameters of standard hotel dining, are taking a different approach.
Organizers reflect on the highs and lows as they consider planning for future events.
“For many years, the stereotype was if you were a woman in the kitchen, you would do pastry, and that was seen as a lesser thing. That perception still lingers, but I think it is changing,” says James Beard Foundation Award-winning pastry chef and Asheville native Camille Cogswell.