Clement Design® Featured Chef

Originally from the 11th arrondissement of Paris, Corentin has been a lover of pastry and gourmet foods since he was a child. Raised with traditional and familial French foods, his mother and grandmother gave him his taste for flavorful things. Son of an influential Parisian librarian, Corentin’s father would transmit passion and perseverance to him. As a young child, Corentin would go to the closest bakery every morning to have fresh bread with his father. The smell of the bread and beauty of pastries made him fall in love with the field. From age 7, Corentin did not stop making...

At only 25 years of age, chef David Zamudio has managed to travel the world exercising his passion for cooking. David was raised in the eastern province of Venezuela, known as Estado de Oriente. At age 12 his parents divorced and after the divorce each of his parents had to start a new life which involved time and essentially starting from scratch. Through this time David spent a lot of it alone, and as a good man, he was always hungry. This led to him experimenting in the kitchen with simple things: pasta, eggs, sautéed vegetables, and pork chops. Eventually...

Photo credit: Spencer Pernikoff @whiskeyandsoba Born and raised in the suburbs of Tokyo, Japan, food played a big roll in my life. Growing up, I was always in the kitchen making dinner with my father or baking with my mother. When I was in third grade, I received a cookbook and was constantly trying to recreate the recipes. Although the results varied, the science behind baking fascinated me. Coming home from school, I couldn’t wait to make bread for the next morning! Soon I began selling bagels to friends and neighbors, using my profits to buy cookbooks or pastry tools....

Growing up in a very small town in northern British Columbia, Canada, baking and cooking have always been a big part of my family`s life. I was determined to do something with my life but at the time, I wasn't sure in what direction that would take me. Eventually at university, I decided to study child development and art therapy where one of my professors suggested I work in developmental research at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. While in my fourth year of university I was scouted to become a model. It was then that I started my modeling career in...

Priyam grew up in the cultural capital of the British raj India: “I come from the household of exceptional cooks holding on to recipes dating back to the early 19th century, my grandmother’s uncle ruled the 24 province of Bengal and food from that time, especially sweets, hold a very big significance in our family. My mother comes from the province of “noakhali” from Bangladesh and her cooking style and ethos are completely different and unique than the taste of the Calcutta cuisine style. As a child I was raised eating two distinctive cuisines at home. My mother cooked traditional Bengali...