Mexican Baking Class: Rosca de Reyes | $55

Ages 18+

Learn all of the steps for making a traditional Rosca de Reyes that everyone will enjoy for years to come. This crown-shaped sweet bread, adorned with colorful candied fruits, fills homes across Mexico and in the United States. Guest Pastry Chef, Norma Salazar

Bio
Chef Norma Salazar has more than 30 years of experience in the pastry industry as an executive pastry chef and instructor. She owned a catering company in Long Beach, California, and spent five years as a pastry cook at California hotels before becoming executive pastry chef at Hotel Queen Mary in 1993. She held three additional pastry chef positions in hospitality before 20 years of instructing at five higher education institutions.

She's competed and coached in various pastry competitions, winning seven gold medals, a dozen silver and bronze medals, and the gold medallion as part of the California Culinary Olympics team, which placed fifth globally at the 1996 Culinary Olympics in Berlin.

Chef Salazar has judged food competitions and been a guest speaker at food events, and became executive pastry chef at Delicieux Simply Eggless Bakery in Artesia, California, in 2017.

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