14: Two Whole Croissants, with Robert Hac of Sons & Daughters

Award-winning pastry chef Robert Hac joins us to taste some of the best chocolate croissants in San Francisco. Robert is the pastry chef at Sons & Daughters, where he builds seasonal desserts inspired by memories of the foods he ate as a kid. He traces his love of cooking to his grandma, and the dumplings and mochi they made together. We talk about the start of his decade-plus career before Robert shares the essential trait needed to enter the culinary world, creeps himself out from his open kitchen, and defends the artisan creator. And what in the world does Jackson Pollock have to do with dessert? Tune in to find out!
Links and Show Notes
The ten croissants we tasted for episode 14, Two Whole Croissants https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/f/ff67b32d-68dc-4ffa-8e3e-157bcf552e52/1NJKUkFD.jpg
Sons & Daughters (https://www.sonsanddaughterssf.com)
2017 Pastry Chef of the Year, San Francisco Magazine (https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/best-chef-awards-2017)
Second Act Marketplace (http://secondactsf.com)
California Culinary Academy (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Culinary_Academy)
San Francisco Cooking School (https://www.sfcooking.com)
City College of San Francisco Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies program (https://www.ccsf.edu/en/educational-programs/school-and-departments/school-of-business/CulinaryArtsAndHospitalityStudies.html)
Stage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_%28cooking%29)—“An unpaid internship when a cook or chef works briefly, for free, in another chef's kitchen to learn and be exposed to new techniques and cuisines.”
The French Laundry (https://www.thomaskeller.com/tfl)
Dandelion Camino Verde chocolate (https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/our-beans/camino-verde/)
Cruffin (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruffin)
Chocolate Croissant map (https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1hs9DyCkVRfP28NV5ZtLb2nj07yswDgvm&ll=37.769986599968426%2C-122.43076464211424&z=14)
Lettuce Wrap Chocolate Croissant map https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/f/ff67b32d-68dc-4ffa-8e3e-157bcf552e52/eVY8xH7H.jpg
Our thanks to Robert for joining us. You can find him on Instagram (@mrroberthac) (https://www.instagram.com/mrroberthac/) and at Sons & Daughters (https://www.sonsanddaughterssf.com).
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That’s a wrap!
Amazon (https://amzn.to/2DBzg5j) and other links may be affiliates. Purchases help support the show. Special Guest: Robert Hac, Sons & Daughters.

Award-winning pastry chef Robert Hac joins us to taste some of the best chocolate croissants in San Francisco. Robert is the pastry chef at Sons & Daughters, where he builds seasonal desserts inspired by memories of the foods he ate as a kid. He traces his love of cooking to his grandma, and the dumplings and mochi they made together. We talk about the start of his decade-plus career before Robert shares the essential trait needed to enter the culinary world, creeps himself out from his open kitchen, and defends the artisan creator. And what in the world does Jackson Pollock have to do with dessert? Tune in to find out!

Links and Show Notes

Sons & Daughters
2017 Pastry Chef of the Year, San Francisco Magazine
Second Act Marketplace
California Culinary Academy
San Francisco Cooking School
City College of San Francisco Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies program
Stage—“An unpaid internship when a cook or chef works briefly, for free, in another chef's kitchen to learn and be exposed to new techniques and cuisines.”
The French Laundry
Dandelion Camino Verde chocolate
Cruffin
Chocolate Croissant map

Our thanks to Robert for joining us. You can find him on Instagram (@mrroberthac) and at Sons & Daughters.

Thank you for listening. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram:

Lettuce Wrap (@lettucewrappod):
/
Christine Doerr: @christinedoerr / @neococoaconfections
Tammy Tan (@spicehound): ) /

or email us at [email protected].

That’s a wrap!

Amazon and other links may be affiliates. Purchases help support the show.

Special Guest: Robert Hac, Sons & Daughters.