The French Pastry School is teaming up with European-Style Plugra Butter for the national “Are You Fluent” baking education campaign. The program includes a national contest seeking the best baking recipe in America and rewards the winner with an all expense paid trip to Chicago to learn from some of the top pastry chefs in the world! . The first U.S. Master Pastry Chef instructs us on ways to avoid the most common baking mistakes, demonstrates tried and true baking tips from global competitions, and encourages YOU to enter your own recipes in the online competition. More about Sebastien Canonne: Sebastien Canonne is the owner of the French Pastry School in Chicago and is the Co-manager and coach of the victorious 2002 World Pastry Championship team. Sebastien has won numerous awards and was named 2004 Pastry Chef of the Year at the World Pastry Forum. He is the first U.S. Citizen to obtain MOF designation and one of only 4 living in the U.S. today. More about Laura Ragano: Laura Ragano graduated at the top of her class from the Culinary Institute of America and specializes on the pastry arts. In 2005 she was promoted to instructor at the French Pastry school and has trained under internationally acclaimed pastry artists Nicholas Lodge and Kerry Vincent. https://videos.whiteblox.com/gnb/secure/player.aspx?sid=32259