Stéphane Tréand

Stéphane Tréand is a French pastry chef from Brignoles, France, Meilleur Ouvrier de France recipient, pastry instructor, and restaurateur residing in California, USA.

Career Tréand's career began in a bakery in Northern France when he was sixteen years old. While apprenticing at the local shop, he attended pastry courses one week per month in Vincennes, Paris. He worked in several bakeries and shops in Paris, opened his own shop in 1989. The Pâtisserie Tréand, his shop, was located in Brignoles in Provence, South of France. In 1994, while running his shop, he became a Pastry Teacher at the CFA of St. Maximin.

While doing a demonstration as a guest in Las Vegas in 2004, The Four Season's offered him a position as their pastry chef. He is one of four MOFs residing in the United States. He is currently the Executive Chef Consultant for Occitanial in Tokyo, Japan.

Collaborations Tréand has been a guest chef at the following institutions: Coach for the USA Team at the International Pastry Competition in Tokyo, Japan in 2009 (Bronze Medal)

Awards and recognition Meilleur Ouvrier de France, 2004 Winner, Food Network’s “Sugar Daredevils Challenge”, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona Gold medal, the National Pastry Team Championship (NPTC), 2007, Nashville, Tennessee Winner, World Pastry Champion at the WPTC, 2008, Nashville, Tennessee Top Ten Best Pastry Chefs in the US, Pastry Art and Design Magazine, 2007 and 2008