Bill corbett pastry chef biography

Antoinette Bruno: What year did you start your culinary career? What inspired you to pursue cooking?
Bill Corbett: When I was unemployed, I got a job as a dishwasher in Canada and worked my way up.

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I the country in 1999 and went to Florida, where I got a job at a little café, managing the kitchen. I came to New York in 2002 and got a job working the line at a this place in Brooklyn. I was having a hard time getting a job somewhere I actually wanted one, everyone wanted someone with “New York experience” and I didn’t have any. But I was at a bar one night, and I ended up talking to a girl who knew Lincoln Carson.

She gave me his card, I contacted him, and we set up a meeting, which was a big step forward for me.

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He was the one who turned me on to pastry.

AB: Where have you worked professionally as a chef?
BC: In New York, I worked with Lincoln Carson in the executive kitchens of B.R. Guest Relations. We managed the Take Five with Bill Corbett, the Pastry Chef Who Dreamed of ... BUPIZ