Six movements, in the same order, every morning.
The atelier is not a display. It is a fixed sequence of six movements: from a clean surface and cold light to a box closing. What sits between them is the explanation of the piece.
Here the movements are seen as they are made in the morning: one hand, one tool, one material at a time.
- IMise en place
The atelier morning
Stillness before opening: prepared surface, clean tools, cold light. No hands yet.
- IITempering
Tempering
Couverture worked to the exact curve. One degree over, and the shine is gone.
- IIIMoulage
Pouring and moulding
Precision, silence, the weight of the material. A mould cannot be corrected once poured.
- IVGlaçage
Glazing and cutting
One flat surface, one clean cut that shows the layers exactly as they are.
- VFinition
Finishing
Piping-bag finishing: a precise measure and a steady gesture for every piece.
- VIEnrobage
Closing
The box is the last gesture of the craft, not a step of logistics.
The hands in these movements are the atelier's and are attributed to no individual.
The craft is a measurement before it is a taste.
- Temperature
- Couverture follows a known curve; it is not judged by eye.
- Time
- Each movement has its duration. Rushing it shows in the piece, not the schedule.
- Quantity
- Small batches finished the same day, so no stock grows old.
Sergio Palumbo
Trained in the craft in Belgium, properly, then independent as an artisan. These facts are stated as they are, and are attributed to no particular frame.
- 16
- age the training began
- 30
- years of professional experience
- 2013
- independent artisan in pâtisserie
- Three
- pâtisserie, bakery, chocolate