Plated Chocolate Dessert

This is a plated dessert sampler.  It includes chocolate mousse, sorbet,  truffle, pot de creme, cookies and garnish.  It is finished with chocolate and mocha sauces.

While the desserts on the following pages tend to be visual in nature, they are perhaps at times an example of what not to achieve but rather a response to what is often the expectation and sometimes necessary to survive in the hospitality and foodservice industry.

The creation of simple things may be the most difficult to achieve. In simplicity there is no
manipulation. When creating something delicious it is essential to maintain simplicity. Let those for
whom you create, sharpen your inner senses. Let the quality products that you work with become your source of inspiration.

An accomplished pastry chef and educator has stated that it is far better to learn all the different types of apples available, their flavors and how to prepare them before stacking and arranging them;............I think she was right.