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About Me

I'm Matthew, orginally from Glen Burnie, MD thats like 5 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland and 30 miles northeast of Washington DC. I graduated from Johnson & Wales in Charlotte, NC. with an AS in Culinary Art 2006 and AS in Baking & Pastry Arts 2007I hope to own/work at a restaurant/bar/club/music venue/business... anything that can make a profit i will work on. I also want to learn as much as I can about everything related to all my goals... and someone has to know that information... So I'm real big on networking and learning new ideas...

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone that is willing to teach me somethingAnyone that would like to invest in me or my ideas, can get me a job or has contacts to people i would want to meet/work for...Because a great chef needs friends: pr people, accountants, architects, bankers, djs, event planners, designers, engineers, managers, bartender, buyers, sellers, servers, and most important great customers...

My Blog

Book Selections

So, I own all these cook books, and other books... my references, my foundation... Please tell me what you think... What books should i read or get... What books inspire you that I ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:23:00 GMT

3 Foot Sugar Showpiece Broke

Hey i walk into my class today at 1:30pm and look at the sugar showpiece the wings have fell off the piece the lady fell and that broke the base. The cabinet that the showpiece was sitting on has...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:13:00 GMT

Poured Sugar Fish

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Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:44:00 GMT

Photos from my advanced cakes class

Banded Barvarian Cream Cake with Bruleed Rum Soaked PineappleBaumkucken CakeBaumkucken CakeBaumkucken Cake with mandarian orangesBanded Chocolate CakeLinzer CakeMarizpan Fruit on Fondant Dummy boardMa...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:42:00 GMT

3 Foot Sugar Show Piece

Chef Sadruddin AbdullahHe and fellow instructor Ciril Hitz won Best in Show at the 2004 National Bread & Pastry Team Championship. He was a finalist for the 2004, 2002 and 2000 PatisFrance competi...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:09:00 GMT

Pulled Sugar Roses (First Try)

Pulled Sugar Roses 1 Full 1 half and 3 buds with leaves with straw sugar on a poured basePulled Sugar Roses 1 Full 1 half and 3 buds with leaves with straw sugar on a poured basePulled Sugar Roses 1 F...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:51:00 GMT

Blown Sugar Swans

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Posted by on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:00 GMT

Chocolate Photoes (More to Come)

Butter Chocolates with Rum (Milk and White Chocolate), Lost its shine in travel from the kitchen in a bag to my apartment forgot my camera today...Butter Chocolates with Rum (Milk and White Chocolate)...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:51:00 GMT

Some New Cake Pictures (More to Come...)

Mocha Torte, with chocolate covered espresso bean and almonds Cherry Roulade Torte Chocolate Box Sundae (from hot and cold) Dobos TorteMarizpan Dome TorteHavanna TorteMignardise Platter with Chocolat...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:14:00 GMT

Wedding Cake Photos

Hey this is my first wedding cake and first 2 tear cakeThere were some things i didn't like but had to do... like the pearl border infront of the basketweave... and my rough rose buds on the side but ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:27:00 GMT