Meet Anthony!

Meet Anthony

Head of the cake department

Name:  Anthony LeBlanc

Hometown:  I was born in Newton and I live in Abington.

Education:  I have my Associates Degree in Baking and Pastry and my Bachelors Degree in Food Service Management from Johnson and Wales University

What does your job consist of?  I am the head of the cake department.  I work on decorating standard and custom cakes daily.  I take inventory of the cakes that we have in the store and I fill all the cakes that we make.  I also make all the mousses; chocolate, Boston cream pie, raspberry, lemon etc.  I am also in charge of pulling reports for the week to create production reports so that everyone knows what needs to get done and when.

How did you end up at Dessert Works?  I worked at Dessert Works back in the summer of 2009 as a decorator.  At the time we were in Norwood still.  I first heard about Dessert Works when I was in my sophomore year at Johnson and Wales when I was looking for an internship.  I didn’t end up doing my internship at Dessert Works but I knew that someday I wanted to work here and learn as much as I could from Kristen (Chef.)  After school, I worked at Whole Foods Market as the Bakery Manager.  I did this for just over a year and got sick of doing retail and wanted to go back to my true passion, decorating cakes.  I called the store and talked to Chef to see if there were any positions open and luckily a job had just opened up.  So, I like to think of it as fate that brought me back to Dessert Works!

What is your favorite item we have at Dessert Works?  I think I have two favorites; the chocolate mousse cake and the lemon bars! Love, Love, Love!

What is your favorite part of your job?  My absolute favorite part of the job is on Fridays when we have tons of orders and we do our decorating “rounds” as we call them.  Watching the cakes go from oven, to filling, to frosting is amazing.  I always say it takes a small army to do what we do here.  I learn new things every day and I am always working to make myself and my work better.