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Judy's company, MY SWEET SOLUTIONS, is the ultimate eat-ertainment for any gathering, whether in a private home, restaurant, retail shop, school or corporate setting. Judy's expertise in pairing gourmet pastries with the world's sweet wines is unique. How did she come about this knowledge?
Judy holds a professional culinary degree, but has also studied confectionary arts under the renowned master Ewald Notter, and has attended advanced wine courses at the CIA at Greystone and at Boston University.
As the former executive pastry chef at some of Boston's most important restaurants (Olives, Grill 23, and The Fed @ XV Beacon), Judy has created spectacular desserts and pastries that have been recognized in McCall's, Chocolatier and Pastry & Baking North America magazines, as well as garnering countlesss awards and accolades from Zagat, Citysearch, The Boston Globe and more.
Judy is invited to appear at wine festivals throughout New England … she conducts dynamic demonstrations and classes at all experience levels … and she often consults with restaurant owners on how to set up in-house pastry programs. In 2004, Judy combined her skill with pastry and her love of sweet wines into an entity called MY SWEET SOLUTIONS.
Judy is active in Les Dames d'Escoffier, Chefs Collaborative, Culinary Guild of New England, and Women Chefs and Restaurateurs. For two years, Judy served as Massachusetts chef/consultant for The Robert Mondavi Family of Wines. Today, Judy contributes recipes, reviews and articles on the subject of sweet wines for ISanté, Quarterly Review of Wines and Taste of the Seacoast, among others.
Judy's heartfelt thanks go out to the members and directors of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR), who presented her with one of their annual Women Who Inspire Awards at their national conference in November. Judy won The Golden Bowl Award for "excellence in baking and pastry arts," joining six other awardees from around the country, including renowned Boston chefs Lydia Shire and Barbara Lynch, tea sommelier Cynthia Gold of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Ann Cooper of Boulder, CO, JoAnne Cloughly of Cobleskill, NY and Kerry Leigh Heffernan of San Leandro, CA.
