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    Chef Pâtissier

    Juan Contreras

    Chef Pâtissier, Atelier Crenn

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    Portrait of Juan Contreras

    Portrait of Juan Contreras

    i. Biography

    Juan Contreras is the Chef Pâtissier at Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, where his desserts are described as part of the restaurant’s culinary dialogue. Atelier Crenn’s official site states that he returned to San Francisco and opened Atelier Crenn with Dominique Crenn in 2011, and that he was a James Beard Award finalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2019 and 2020.

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