Meet the Chef with Alba Ruiz
Brioche in hand, ready to enjoy! 馃崬 Today we鈥檙e off to the bustling neighborhood of Gr脿cia, Barcelona to meet our newest edition to聽Meet the chef. Let's go!
Alba Ruiz, former student of the Extended Online B路Concept Pastry Course, has launched a new project called Morreig alongside her partner Matthieu Atzenhoffer and their colleague Gemma. We find a super welcoming, workshop for baked goods and ice-cream,100% artisanal. Her dedication to authenticity and uniqueness shows in every one of her elaborations. What a pleasure for the senses!
Alba is a graduated Law student, though her passion has always been for pastry. For her, it鈥檚 a form of escapism and relaxation, a pathway to peace and tranquility in her day-to-day life. Without a doubt, she is truly in love with her work and this shines through in everything she does.
Passionate and eager to take on new challenges, she has always dreamed of starting her own business alongside Matt, winner of the "Best Baker in France" award in 2019. As an expert in baked goods, he is particularly responsible for the pastries at Morreig. Once you try the Pain au chocolat, you'll understand why.
Briocherie聽馃 is his specialty, rolls, croissants, cookies and, the main event, brioche with ice-cream. Incredible! And what can we say鈥攈is ice-creams are sensational. Super special flavors and combinations such as pistachio, coconut with Chantilly, gianduja and even popcorn, in honor of the cinema Verdi. They also offer fruit sorbets such as Maresme strawberry, in which they have completely cut out dairy from their elaboration.
They are currently investigating new ingredients, more conscious and nutritious聽, in order to incorporate these in their display products. After some tests, we鈥檒l soon be able to enjoy their vegan ice-creams and gluten-free cones.
In Morreig, the flavor of each elaboration is key, as well as the importance of maintaining a very well-kept aesthetic, which we were able to see for ourselves during our visit. They always uphold respect for their work, for all things聽artisanal and good, hard work. You can count on them!
Alba spent a lot of time unsuccessfully searching for more technical pastry books that were easy to pick up on, with clear and simple explanations. Then, she came across the聽Extended Online B路Concept pastry course. One of her biggest questions before beginning the course was how to understand all those explanations on molecules and, as of now, what she most values is how easily and clearly our educative team explains each concept.
She confirmed that all the聽knowledge shared in the course is very attainable聽for anyone and everyone who has a thirst for knowledge and discovering more about the pastry world and its ingredients.
"When I started, it was magical, because it was exactly what I was looking for. I have to say that I was really surprised by the number of scientific references there were, because it seemed to me that there was an incredible amount of work behind it," says Alba.
After finishing the Extended Online B路Concept Pastry Course, Alba has very clear that her future will travel along the B路Concept path and she will continue to investigate so as to achieve a聽healthier, more inclusive pastry adapted to all walks of life聽.
We鈥檙e happy to have been a part of her story and to have helped her on her journey to achieving her dream of launching a new project. We hope you enjoy this interview, filmed by聽Ram贸n Pamp铆n, in which Alba explains her experience in the pastry sector. 馃嵃
We want to thank Alba Ruiz for her participation in this newest edition of Meet the Chef and wish the whole team all the luck in the world. Make sure you visit her Instagram profile to learn more about her! 馃ぉ
If you鈥檇 like to know more about the course she took in our Pastry School, here are all the details:
