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Karam HakkouPâtissier

About me

Every pastry chefhas a beginning

This is my professional portfolio: a place where I share my creations, techniques and the lessons that shape the way I work.

Karam Hakkou, pastry chef, wearing his silver medal
Karam being filmed in the pastry kitchen

My story

A lifelong pursuit of excellence

(Placeholder) Where it started: describe the first moment pastry became more than a job, and where you trained.

In 2025 I had the opportunity to represent my school at the 17th International Three-Country Pastry Competition in Freiburg. Months of preparation and countless hours of practice taught me lessons far beyond a medal.

Handcrafted pralines, petits fours, marzipan figures and artistic showpieces all required technical knowledge, precision, discipline, creativity and consistency under pressure. Those lessons still shape how I approach pastry today.

Still refining. Still learning. Still pursuing excellence. I'm grateful to everyone who has supported me so far, and to those who will be part of my journey in the years to come.

Karam

Principles

How I work

01

Purpose over decoration

Every element has a reason to be on the plate: shape, colour, texture or flavour.

02

Control the variables

Temperature, timing, environment and organisation. Precision is a habit, not luck.

03

One ingredient at the heart

Build around one idea and let everything else support it.

04

Never fully satisfied

Growth comes from looking at yesterday's work with fresh eyes.

Career

The journey so far

  1. 20XX

    (Placeholder) First steps in pastry

    City, Country

    Describe where your passion for pastry started.

  2. 20XX

    (Placeholder) Pastry training

    School name, Baden-Württemberg

    Add your training, school and key skills learned.

  3. 2025

    Silver medal, 17th International Three-Country Competition

    Freiburg, Germany

    Represented my school with pralines, petits fours, marzipan figures and a sugar showpiece.

    Certificate of honour, silver medal, 17th Three-Country competition
  4. 2026

    Professional portfolio and new creations

    Baden-Württemberg

    Chocolate collections, entremets and wedding cakes for private clients.

Expertise

Techniques I master

  • Chocolate tempering & bonbons90%
  • Entremets & mousses88%
  • Pulled & blown sugar80%
  • Cake design85%
  • Marzipan modelling82%
  • Viennoiserie (placeholder)75%

Awards & press

Recognition

Certificate of honour, silver medal, 17th Three-Country competition

2025

Silver medal (Silbermedaille)

17th International Three-Country Apprentice Competition, Freiburg

Badische Zeitung article about the competition

2025

"Hochleistungsbacken" feature

Badische Zeitung

Handwerkskammer Freiburg magazine feature

2025

"Süßes Kräftemessen" feature

Handwerkskammer Freiburg

Let's work together

Looking for a pastry chef?

For collaborations, positions, events or custom orders, I would love to hear from you.