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Patisserie with Michel Roux JrBBC Four; Wednesday 11th December 2013Documentary in which Michel Roux Jr goes back to his own beginnings to explore the art, science and eternal attraction of the perfect sweet delicacy. Michel delves into the sweet world of high fashion, discovering how patissiers are positioning themselves as luxury brands, food fashion houses. He visits Herme’s kitchens as well as Philippe Conticini with his ‘Pastry Shop of Dreams’, where he discovers the precision, personality and brilliance that go into their gourmet triumphsMichel traces the history of French patisserie from the first great chef Antoine Careme to the magic and myth of the croissant. He also explores how the innovative pastry chefs in France have been influential in the UK. Michel takes what he has learnt back to his own cooking and his own kitchen. He wants his apprentices to learn how to make some of the most incredible feats and feasts of patisserie and makes an enormous croquembouche, which he serves up to sweet-toothed connoisseurs, friends and lucky guests.