Eric Lanlard was born on 1968 and is a French patissier and celebrity chef.
12 Facts About Eric Lanlard
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Eric Lanlard was previously a chef for the French Navy, but moved to the UK in 1989 to work with Albert and Michel Roux.
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Eric Lanlard left their company in 1995 to set up his first business, Laboratoire 2000, which was replaced by his shop Cake Boy in 2005.
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Eric Lanlard had previously appeared on British television in guest spots on a number of channels before Channel 4 gave him his own television series, Glamour Puds and Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard.
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Eric Lanlard would go on to work there at the age of 18, training as a pastry chef.
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Eric Lanlard has stated that the French legend Chef Antonin Careme was an inspiration He moved to Luxembourg to become a chocolatier at Arens-Scheer.
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Eric Lanlard became their head pastry chef within two years before leaving to set up his own business in 1995.
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Eric Lanlard still maintains links with the Roux family and makes a yearly "pilgrimage" to Michel Roux Jr.
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The shop itself doubles as a cookery school, and the premises from where Eric Lanlard operate it were opened by UK TV celebrity Amanda Holden, in an area which Eric Lanlard was familiar with as when he worked with the Roux brothers, it was the same area they were based in at the time.
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Eric Lanlard has twice been named Continental Patissier of the Year at the British Baking Awards.
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Eric Lanlard has signed to go on a sub-orbital spaceflight with Virgin Galactic.
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Eric Lanlard has stated in interviews that despite his trade, he doesn't have a sweet tooth and that his weakness is cheese.