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The Chef Antonio Bachour
Chef Antonio Bachour, who operates Bachour restaurants in Miami as well as Mexico has achieved international fame as an innovative and creative pastry talent. With his latest project Table’, a new French-influenced dining destination in Miami’s Design District, he takes his skills to the next level, parlaying his ongoing culinary education into an elegant brasserie-style menu that reflects his passion, growth and personal style.
Growing up in Puerto Rico, food was the family business, and Antonio got his start at an early age, tasked with overseeing the family’s bakery at the age of 14. He fell in love with pastry and devoted himself to honing his trade in Puerto Rico; first as a pastry chef at the Sands Hotel and Casino and the Westin Rio Mar. In 2001, in hopes of continuing his growth as a chef, he headed to the mainland US; landing in Miami where he took on roles with Talula, DeVito South Beach and Scarpetta by Scott Conant in both New York and Miami.
In 2009 KNR Food Concepts approached Bachour about being part of the opening team at the W Hotel South Beach. Following that, he headed to Trump Soho Hotel in New York overseeing pastry for its restaurants he returned to Miami to the St. Regis Hotel, where from 2011-2016 he made his mark with the dessert programs for Chef Jean Georges’ (of 3* Michelin fame) outlets at the hotel.
Renowned for his hyper-creative desserts Bachour has been featured in every important national and international pastry publication including So Good Magazine, Dulcypas, Saber 7 Sabor, Star Chefs, Gourmet, Dessert Professional, Pastry Art & Design and the National Culinary Review. He is also the author of six books -- books Bachour, Bachour Simply Beautiful, Bachour Chocolate, Bachour the Baker, Bachour in Color and Bachour Gastro.
Following is a partial list of the many awards Antonio has received:
2009 Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America
2009 International Chef Congress Pastry Competition Finalist
2012 Johnson & Wales Zest Award for Baking and Pastry Innovator
2018 Best Pastry Chef in the World from the Prestigious Best Chefs Foundation, the world’s leading culinary award platform
2019 Esquire Magazine, Best Pastry Chef in the United States
2022 Best Pastry Chef in the World from the Prestigious Best Chefs Foundation, the world’s leading culinary award platform
Upon leaving the St. Regis in 2016, Antonio traveled the world teaching pastry and taking part in collaborative dinners with some of the world’s top chefs including Massimo Bottura, Joan Roca, Mauro Colagreco and Alex Atala. During this time, he was also working on developing and opening his flagship Bachour Bakery, a café in Coral Gables. Bachour owns four bakery rest Antonio owns and operates four bakeries and restaurants in Miami including Tablé by Bachour and has two concepts in Mexico. Plans are currently underway for more projects in Washington DC and Philadelphia.