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

Pastry chef Amaury Guichon made a chocolate cigar which resembles the real thing. The cigar shell is dipped into a fine chocolate before being filled with soft vanilla caramel and Bailey's Cremeaux.

When it comes to making pastry, I love to make my own, which I freeze in a block to have ready for future use. Taking it a step further, when I visit my mother she will often ask me to make pastry ...

Frozen pastry will sometimes be cracked when you buy ... A pie filling should be well seasoned and flavoursome, good enough to eat on its own. It is best to make this beef filling a day early ...