Meet the Team

Dune Pierre Michel

Founder

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What is the first thing you learned to bake?

Chocolate cake with my mom.

What is your favorite pastry?

Raspberry tart with vanilla custard, and sable breton.

What is the strangest thing in your fridge?

A collection of animal fats.

Do you have a go-to midnight snack?

I don’t!

What would your last meal be? 

Bread and cheese - of course!

Marie Collecchia

Bakery Manager

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What is the first thing you learned to bake?

Fondant au chocolat, I've been baking them from the same recipe for almost 15 years!

What is your favorite pastry?

From the pastries we make, I would go for a fresh plain croissant any day.

My all time favorite pastry that we don't make (yet) is a Paris-Brest : chou pastry and praline creme mousseline!

What is the strangest thing in your fridge?

Probably homemade pickled clams from back home.

Do you have a go-to midnight snack?

I eat mint-chocolate chip ice cream every day of the year. And too much sour candy.

What would your last meal be? 

Fresh Moules Marinieres with Belgian fries, and a lot of mint-chocolate chip ice cream.

Kat Willard

Pastry Chef

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What is the first thing you learned to bake?

Surprisingly, cheesecake! It was the first dessert I ever made at a restaurant that I worked in back in 2022!

What is your favorite pastry?

Uhhhh all of them?? Seriously, it's really difficult to choose! I feel like my go-to is probably a good ole pain au chocolate because I simply can't resist those flaky, buttery layers paired with some good chocolate!

What is the strangest thing in your fridge?

I don't think we have anything strange in our fridge honestly haha.

Do you have a go-to midnight snack?

Whatever is the easiest thing for me to access.

What would your last meal be? 

Something with a lot of potatoes, mac and cheese, and cake.

Dylan Schehr

Pastry Chef

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What is the first thing you learned to bake?

Monkey bread in a Bundt pan.

What is your favorite pastry?

A fresh, well-made donut.

What is the strangest thing in your fridge?

A jar of pickle moonshine.

Do you have a go-to midnight snack?

Parmesan Goldfish or gummy bears.

What would your last meal be? 

Ribeye, medium rare, and lobster tail.