Hotel Arts Group
Calgary
Karine Moulin has emerged as one of Canada’s Pastry Chefs to watch. As Pastry Chef of the vibrant Hotel Arts centered in downtown Calgary, Karine creates a myriad of culinary creations from wedding cakes to fine pastries. Karine formalized her pastry passions at SAIT Culinary Institute by completing the Pastry Arts Program in 2000. Having honed her skills in both private restaurants and hotel environments Karine’s flexibility and modern philosophy to food is obvious in the training and mentoring that she extends to her team.
2006 was a year of great media acclaim when she accepted the role of Pastry Chef for the upscale Calgary bistro St. Germain. Here she designed a dessert menu that set new pastry standards in western Canada. In its first year of business, St. Germain was voted one of Canada’s top restaurants and Karine was coined “wizard of the whisks” and proclaimed the city’s top pastry talent. She went on to compete in a pastry competition to win second place in 2008, among the cities best pastry chefs. Since then, she has been a contestant on Season 4 of Top Chef Canada!
“This is my dream job” is how Karine speaks of her position as the Pastry Chef for the Hotels Arts. The heart of Hotel Arts is the nervy and vibrant Raw Bar restaurant where guests can order the delectable dessert sampler while sipping cocktails poolside. Karine’s talent and savvy style will define these new restaurants dessert and pastry programs and provide her a vast canvas to display her culinary artistry.
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