Meet Michelle Pusateri, a Culinary Institute of America-trained pastry chef who found herself "crashing out mid-surf session" ...

Requirement: A pastry chef needs to be open-minded, patient and creative. You also need to be interested in arts and read magazines regularly to get inspiration to create and new desserts.

Lauren Klein, once the executive pastry chef at Heirloom at the St. Laurent and Pascal & Sabine in Asbury Park, is competing ...

Stacy Flores, executive pastry chef at Jersey City's Battello, will compete on Food Network's 'Spring Baking Challenge,' ...