Pastry Codex

Pastry Codex hosts locally at the BoardroomVA restaurant located at 925 N. Garfield Street in Arlington, Virginia. Our in house resident Chef Michael conducts classes on everything from French Macarons to French pastries, and Breakfast pastries, Classically trained in France, Chef Michael navigates you through the subtle nuances of explaining the "whys" and how things functionally work, in addition to the "hows", with a backstory, detailing the science behind the art of baking in detail. His classes are immersive, engaging, and simply fun! a perfect date night event, Father/Mother and child, perfect for corporate events, bachelorette parties, or Birthday parties!

Learn, Emulate, Master is the methodology, where there are no mistakes, only learning lessons and a lot of patience in demonstrating and conveying essential key concepts along the way. Chef Michael's "Halo Events" such as "The Mad Hatter Tea Party" or his "Macaron Madness" expo are epic orchestrations that are expressed as grande symposiums, with minute detail, and the preservation of memories crystallized in time.