ISSUE 8 MARCH 2013
Profile Cake Masters was excited to catch up with Stephen Maddock who has a real passion for macarons.
“ My name is Stephen
Maddock and I am a 41 year old chef. AGer leaving school I trained as a professional baker for 2 years, but then moved away from cooking soon aGer. I’ve always had a crea've nature and struggled to s'ck to any one thing. More than 20 years later and aGer the birth of our beau'ful daughter, once again, I found myself working with food. I’d made the decision to start my own business some 'me ago, but the details of what exactly hadn’t come together yet. I visited a few countries (Spain, Holland, Russia, Czech Republic) to get inspira'on and made the
decision to create an ‘eat in bakery’. I’d visited a couple on my travels, but had never seen one in Liverpool. All I needed was a signature item. I enrolled onto a course at Liverpool community college and qualified at NVQ level 3 in professional cookery. It was during this training that I made my first ever macaron. My lecturer had just won ‘Masterchef the Professionals’ and had returned to give a special dinner to a group of select guests. I was assigned to the pastry sec'on and macarons were on the menu. Continued >>
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