Simsbury Baker To Appear On Food Network Show

SIMSBURY, CT — A Simsbury woman will be featured on the Food Network's "Spring Baking Championship," which will air at the end of February, according to FOX 61. Kim Wood has 10 years of experience baking French pastries and cakes.

Wood started a delivery-only business, Le Bánh Patisserie, in January 2020. Wood is one of 11 bakers in the "Spring Baking Championship" episode, which was filmed in Tennessee in summer 2021. The bakers are challenged to create fruit tarts and a "floral bonanza cake," according to FOX 61.

According to its website: "Le Bánh Patisserie combines Pastry Chef Kim Hoàng Wood’s Vietnamese heritage with her French pastry background. Bánh, meaning cake in Vietnamese, and Patisserie, meaning bakery in French, le Bánh Patisserie aims to marry both Chef Wood’s loves, her culture and culinary arts. Chef Wood prides herself on her ability to craft fun, exquisite, and beautiful desserts using only the finest, locally sourced organic ingredients."

Wood studied pastry making under Executive French Pastry Chef Frédéric Larre, a member of the Académie Culinaire de France. She went on to work as a pastry sous chef for the headquarters of Exxon Mobil, in Houston, and later moved to the Farmington Valley, where she became the pastry sous chef at Foxwoods Resort and Casino, according to Le Bánh's website.

For more information, check out Le Bánh's website.