Chef Michel who had dazzled many a palate first as the pastry chef at La Palme d'Or at the Biltmore Hotel as a chef of the Month (first picture below with President Bill Clinton) and then at the Loew's Miami Beach (second picture with King Juan Carlos of Spain), has opened his own business.

Restaurants and fans can now order petits fours, canapés, cocktail sandwiches, brioches, madeleines, breakfast and tea time pastries, as well as macarons by the dozen, and his inimitable tarts and desserts, including the peerless chocolate Mikado, nougatine with hazenult crunch and blackberry mousse, Opera filled with ganache and moca cream. The list of fresh homemade ice creams runs from Gahara vanilla made with Tahitian vanilla beans and crème brûlée classic to chocolate dark bittersweet and dulce de leche. Mixed sorbets , include custom-made flavors such as lemon basil, orange and rosemary, lime and rosemary, Bloody Mary, tomato and red pepper and strawberry.

For orders and information: 305-610-7318 or e-mail Chef Michel