About

Hi, I’m Fanny, a French pastry chef and food writer based in the far north of Sweden, where I live with my partner Karl and our daughter Sienna.

It’s been a long way to the polar circle – one that went through a classic training in some of the best pâtisseries in France and Michelin-starred restaurant kitchens in London. After a childhood spent in the south of France – playing kite on the beach, sitting on the kitchen counter overlooking my grand-mère bake madeleines, and getting a master’s degree in food science and agronomy – I fell in love with the winters. Northern lights, and walls made of snow. Cold winds and stars at our windows. Days that turn into nights. And then, like a blink that lasts just a touch too long, summers come and go too. Lupines in bloom by the side of the road. Berries everywhere around us as we walk through forests made of pines and birches. The midnight sun over a still lake.
And just like that, I called Skellefteå home.

In spring 2014, my first book, Paris Pastry Club, was published by Hardie Grant Books. It’s a collection of my absolute favourite recipes – from basics like chocolate chip cookies and the last brioche you’ll ever need to slightly more complex desserts, like a fraisier or a three-chocolate mousse cake.

It is now sold out, so look around for second-hand copies.