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.
Club Coupe du Monde Team USA is committed to inspiring excellence, creativity, innovation, pride, competitiveness, fraternity, and emotion in pastry professionals.
Club Coupe du Monde Team USA is also dedicated to promoting transmission, exploration, vision and advancement of both the artistic and scientific realms of the Pastry Arts. The Club seeks, recognizes, and support America’s best pastry chefs to represent the United States in the prestigious Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in Lyon, France. With 50 participating countries, this biannual event is the most prestigious pastry competition in the World.
Club Coupe du Monde Team USA welcomes pastry chefs at all levels in their careers – from culinary students to seasoned professionals, as well as amateur bakers and pastry aficionados.
We encourage those eager to take part to innovate in pastry preparation, explore unique taste combinations, and showcase creative presentation styles.
Founded in 1989, the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie is an international competition representing different trades in the pastry industry including pastry chefs, ice cream specialists, chocolatiers, and confectioners.
Pastry is emerging in the contemporary world. The desserts are now combining their sensitivity to technicality, to the new architectural and sensory expressions. Nothing stops the sweet creators of the 21st century. And since the world is moving on, the Pastry World Cup is changing dimension, with a completely rethought universal identity. Product sourcing, natural tastes, precise gestures, team spirit are combined for an intense and visionary baking experience.
Pastry World Cup is organized by the global brand Sirha Food, part of the GL events group.
For more information: www.cmpatisserie.com/en
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