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The sweet side of life: With master patissier Nicolas Pelloie, the Waldorf Astoria Berlin adds world- class desserts and confectionery to its repertoire

BERLIN/MUNICH, Germany – The opening is imminent and the team is getting the desserts ready: Friedrich W. Niemann, general manager of the Waldorf Astoria Berlin, has engaged the competent and experienced chef Nicolas Pelloie to run the patisserie of the new luxury . Since April the 33-year old has been developing the elaborate and delicious sweet cuisine creations, which will enchant the hotel’s guests. The Frenchman has previously sweetened life for guests at a range of French master chef Pierre Gagnaire’s star restaurants – first in the three-star restaurant Pierre Gagnaire in Paris and in the gourmet’s paradise Sketch in London and then as head pastry chef at the restaurant Pierre in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, before returning once again to Sketch in London. After qualifying as a cook and confectioner Nicolas Pelloie gained experience in diverse positions in the field of sweet cuisine. In the famous patisserie Le Vanillier in Nice he refined what he learned from master confectioners such as François Ducroux to the high art of patisserie, which he went on to develop into his own style in diverse top-class French restaurants and three-star gourmet restaurants by Pierre Gagnaire. With the renowned top-class patissier, guests of the Waldorf Astoria Berlin can be sure of heavenly taste experiences. The new Waldorf Astoria Berlin has an impressive range of gastronomy facilities. In addition to the main restaurant by Pierre Gagnaire, the Romanische Café – the legendary meeting place of literati such as Erich Kästner, Bertolt Brecht or Billy Wilder – will open for business once more. The Lang Bar – named after the renowned director Fritz Lang – and the lobby bar Peacock Alley near the legendary Waldorf Astoria grandfather clock complete the range. The five star superior hotel is part of the construction project “Zoofenster”, the aim of which is to revitalize and raise the value of the entire Berlin City West. The luxury hotel is going to have 232 rooms and suites situated on the first 15 floors as well as on the 22nd to 31st floor of the skyscraper made of natural stone and glass. The “Zoofenster”, which has a total of 32 floors, is being built right next to the famous church “Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche” and the shopping boulevard “Kurfürstendamm”.

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