PASTRY 77. Panem. Lluc Crusellas. Obrar. 24 Ounces. Ricardo Vélez

The talent that defines an era

There are issues that function as a photograph of a moment. They bring together names, perspectives and ways of understanding a profession capable of explaining where a profession is heading. Pastry 77 is one of them.

Five different universes and five ways of understanding excellence meet in an edition featuring some of the most relevant names in contemporary Spanish pastry. Professionals who represent tradition, evolution, technique, nonconformity and a new way of relating to the public.

Panem, the project of the García brothers, demonstrates how absolute respect for the craft can coexist with a contemporary view of bread and pastry making. Lluc Crusellas, recognized as the best chocolatier in the world, introduces us to a universe where chocolate becomes technique, precision and creative language. From Madrid, Obrar represents a new generation of pastry shops that are questioning codes and revolutionizing the way of understanding the workshop and its relationship with the client. They are joined by Ricardo Vélez, one of the great names in Madrid pastry, with a career built around knowledge, product and an absolutely recognizable identity. And Carmen Capote, at the helm of 24 Onzas, completes this edition with a surprising, personal and sensitive proposal, demonstrating that there are still territories to explore within sweets.

But Pastry 77 does not want to limit itself to showing what they do. It wants to explain how they do it. Each creation is approached again from the complete work, the detail and the cross-section to discover what normally remains hidden: structures, textures, techniques, processes and decisions. A way of looking at pastry from within and turning each page not only into inspiration, but also into knowledge.

Because documenting the work of those who are defining the present of pastry also means building the memory of what will come next.

Pastry 77. Five perspectives. Five universes. A profession in constant evolution.