Pastry chef Dolester Miles won this year’s James Beard Foundation award
for Outstanding Pastry Chef. She’s been making desserts at Highlands
Bar & Grill, Bottega and Chez Fonfon for more than 30 years.
The awards — known as the “Oscars of food” — honor excellence in cuisine, culinary writing and education.
Dol, as her friends lovingly call her,
creates masterful pastries and indulgent homespun desserts, like a
delicate trio of profiteroles draped in chocolate sauce or Vanilla Bean
Crème Caramel. As long as it adheres to the rule of seasonality, Dol can
meet any pastry challenge, whether it’s perfecting the classic Southern
pound cake or executing a traditional French dacquoise.
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