Lacanche USA - Measure Of Her Powers
October 2019
A chat with Jackie Kai Ellis
In my line of work I get to visit amazing people, their gastronomical world, passions, homes, and of course their Lacanche experience.
Recently I traveled to France to meet writer, pastry chef, and designer Jackie Kai Ellis at her Parisian home. After reading her touching memoir and following her beautiful feeds on Instagram, I was excited to meet her in person. On a sunny afternoon we gathered in her kitchen for some cooking, chatting, and eating her exceptional pasta dish on the balcony.
“It takes three days to make the perfect croissant!” – Ellis replied when I asked if I could film her making one of my most beloved morning pastries. She knows what she is talking about. Trained in a Parisian pastry school, she has mastered the art of French patisserie baking.
After graduating from pastry school in 2012, Ellis opened the sought after Beaucoup Bakery in her hometown of Vancouver, BC Canada. After five years she sold it to her apprentices and moved back to Paris for good.
Although there was a time when Ellis was obsessed with nailing the recipe of a perfectly crisp, buttery, croissant, she has lost the will to spend three days around the range, at least for now. Instead of croissant making, we settled on pasta.