Mellisa Root
Pastry Chef
Playlists
All Videos (22)
- What I Do
- A Typical Day
- Great Part
- Winning Gold at the Culinary Olympics
- Why a Chef
- Why a Pastry Chef
- Why Chocolate is My Favorite
- My Favorite Dessert Creations
- What is Ganache
- Challenges
- Education
- Favorites
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Skills From Childhood
- Staying Motivated
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- How to Make Homemade Marshmallows
- What It Takes to Succeed in the Culinary Arts
- Advice
Bio
Watch Mellisa Root, Pastry Chef at Rosewood/Sandhill Madera Restaurant in Palo Alto, share how she combined her childhood obsession with cooking and her love of art, to win a gold medal at the 2008 World Culinary Olympics and create a successful career as a pastry chef. Impress your friends with her recipe for making homemade marshmallows, and be sure to check out her "What I Do" clip to see some of her other amazing dessert concoctions. Her advice to girls is to find a way to make a living at what is that you love to do.
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