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Richard Ruskell, CA

 

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RICHARD RUSKELL IS A ROCK STAR

EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCE

EXECUTIVE PASTRY CHEF – MONTAGE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA

www.richardruskell.com

KERRY VINCENT says, “RICHARD RUSKELL is one of the most talented artists that I know, he is not only accomplished in the pastry arts but is a skilled sugar artist, a combination that not too many can claim. I have admired his work for more than fifteen years and am very proud to welcome him as a key presenter at the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show. When I invited Richard to be a participant I was struck by the fact that he was awed by the invitation – the feeling goes both ways, I was thrilled that he was able to accept and fit us into his schedule. This is going to be such an amazing experience for his fans and show visitors, with tons of opportunities for autographs and up close and personal interaction.”

CHEF RICHARD RUSKELL has a long-term goal: if he can pull off just one more win, he will have won more competitions on the Food Network Challenge television series than any other designer. 

Ruskell’s artistic and finely executed cakes have won accolades across the country; the rich and famous such as Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, Beyonce, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and many others have sought him to out to create their personal special occasion cakes.  Lately Richard has forged a special relationship with The Geffen Playhouse where he makes opening and closing performance cakes and gets to meet his favorite stars. It may interest folks to know that Richard also has a theatrical background and is a self admitted aficionado of ‘all things theater.’

Named “One of the Ten Best Pastry Chef’s in America” Richard oversees all operations on the sweet side of life at Montage Beverly Hills, what a sweet side it is!

Kerry adds: “From personal experience I can vouch for the fabulous plated desserts at Montage.” So delicious, everyone should go there and give them a try.

Previously a baking instructor and chef at the New England Culinary Institute, Richard was also the owner/operator of Pastry Maxine, a pastry shop in Scottsdale, AZ. During his tenure in Arizona, he spent 8 years at The Phoenician as its Chef Pâtissièr, accruing numerous awards and accolades.

His career as a Pâtissièr officially began at the Hotel Gray d'Albion in Cannes, France where he worked in the pastry kitchen of Le Royal Gray Restaurant. Other pastry positions have taken him to New York City, Maine and Vermont.

Richard has been featured on Food Network Challenge many times, including most recently for “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”, “Disney Celebration”, “Disney Classic Movies” and “Cirque du Soleil” all of which he won.  In print we find him in Pastry Art & Design, Chocolatier, Bon Appétit, Food Arts, Gourmet, Travel & Leisure, Orange Coast, Phoenix and Phoenix Home & Garden magazines. His recipes have been included in The Orange County Register (2007), on baking: a textbook of baking and pastry fundamentals (2005) and The Good Cookie (2003).

Richard’s team won first prize for his colorful “beehive” sugar showpiece at the 2005 National Pastry Competition. His award-winning line-up also includes: a crunch cake featured in Grand Finales: The Art of The Plated Dessert and two other creations in Grand Finales: A Modernist View. In addition, he has earned silver and gold medals in the Patisfrance U.S. Pastry Competition. He has been a guest artist chef at Manele Bay Hotel in Lana’i and at The Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, as well as a guest instructor at The Stratford Chefs School in Ontario. Richard was also the first guest pastry chef to be a guest artist aboard the Silverseas Cruise line in the fall of 2006.