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Zach Townsend

Zach Townsend's Background

Zach Townsend's Experience

Freelance French To English Translator at Townsend Creative

January 2010

Specializations: culinary (pastry and savory) ] business and finance. Translator for Larousse on Cooking, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., October, 2012.

Freelance Culinary Writer at Townsend Creative

December 2009

Dessert Professional magazine (see Publications below).

Owner at Townsend Creative

December 2003

French to English Culinary Translations | Private Instructor of Fine Chocolate Tasting and Baking with Fine Chocolate courses | Creator of Artisan Chocolate Desserts & Fine Entremet | Author promotions

Head Chocolatier at Pure Chocolate Desserts by Zach

December 2003

Creator of Artisan Chocolate Desserts & Fine Entrements | Private Instructor of Fine Chocolate Tasting and Baking with Fine Chocolate courses: Pastry training in Paris with Miyuki Watanabe (previously at Gerard Mulot, Paris) owner of La Petite Rose, Paris, France; Featured chocolatier at the 10th annual Stephan Pyles Celebrity Chef Dinner administered by the Wine & Food Foundation of Texas; Dessert chef at the Fort Worth Chefs for Farmers charity event, Forth Worth, TX; Invited, regular contributor to the New York Times microblog on the topic of cake; Desserts featured on the menus of Dallas restaurants; Dessert designed for the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalogue, 2012; Desserts served to President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush: Contributor to Rose's Heavenly Cakes, by Rose Levy Beranbaum.

Chocolate and Baking Instructor at Pure Chocolate Desserts by Zach

December 2003

Private courses for small groups - fine chocolate talk, fine chocolate tasting, pairing fine wines and chocolates and baking with fine chocolate.

Zach Townsend's Education

Ecole Chocolat

2006 – 2007

Chocolatier


Thunderbird School of Global Management

1993 – 1995

Master of International Management

Concentration: International Business and French Studies


LIBS

1990 – 1991

Concentration: Banking and Finance


Murray State University

1986 – 1990

Bachelor of Arts in Business, Summa Cum Laude

Concentration: Finance and French Studies


Zach Townsend's Interests & Activities

French to English Translation, Chocolate, Writing, Teaching.

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