Stefano Laghi

An eclectic pastry creator and skilful entrepreneur, he works as production manager at the Antonella Dolci pastry shop in Alessandria. His patisserie is a complex mosaic, combining expert technique and balanced flavours, creativity and rational precision, chemistry and imagination.

Stefano Laghi began his career at a very young age. After hotel school, he threw himself into his work and entered many competitions, inspired by a love of patisserie and a desire to learn. He began working in the world of education as early as 1991, the year in which he led his first course in airbrush painting.

But this was only the start: after serving as director of Étoile, he expanded his training programme both in Italy and Spain. In 1992, he won gold, silver and bronze at the Frankfurt Olympics, and took two of the top prizes at Luxembourg in 1994. In 1996 he opened Pasticceria Mosaico in Ravenna; in 2000 he started his own one-man consultancy business, and in 2006 he set up Stefano Laghi Chocolats and Decosil.

Stefano Laghi has also provided expert help in researching and developing products for pastry and gelato makers, and in creating professional equipment. He has collaborated with PreGel and Pavoni Italia, and also acted as a demonstrator and consultant for Italia Zuccheri and Unigrà.

He has taken delight in passing on his knowledge in various publications, including La Pasticceria secondo l’Étoile (1995), La Pasticceria Passato e Presente (1997), Dessert Dessert Dessert (2000), ABC dello Zucchero (2004), and Cakes (2012).