Meet the Chef: Robert Nieto, U.S.Pastry Team 2017

By ChuckM

A native of Texas, Robert “Buttercup” Nieto began his career as a line cook at the Corpus Christi Country Club after receiving his cooking and baking certificate from Del Mar Community College. Although he started as a line cook, Robert always had a thing for sweets. 

Meet The Chef: Mary Cech, 1991 Pastry Team USA

By ChuckM

Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Chef Mary Cech has had a long and storied career as a pastry chef. After graduating from the International Pastry Arts Center in Bedford Hills (White Plains), New York in 1986, Mary not only went back into the baking industry as a pastry chef. Her culinary career took her…