World’s Best Pastry Chef, renowned and recognized by his peers everywhere, a frequent guest on the most popular food shows (Top Chef and Le Meilleur Pâtissier (The Best Pastry Chef), brilliantly creative Pierre Hermé has laid the foundations for contemporary haute-pâtisserie and created new classics, like his famous Ispahan, which is oft’ copied but never equaled.

Celebrated from Paris to Tokyo via New York and Marrakesh, the chef is also a deeply curious and cultivated person who is lucky to have perfect taste… like others have perfect pitch.

In this book, in which he reveals more about himself than he ever has before, he describes the keys to his success. From the thirst for learning and discovering that motivated him to travel the world in search of the best coffees, chocolates and vanillas and to meet the most exceptional artisans to his passion for passing knowledge on; from managing growth to learning to accept failure, and from his instinctive talent for marketing to his business relationships, on every page, Pierre Hermé urges us to taste life without moderation and to enjoy its infinity of flavors.