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Chef Roland Mesnier

26 years of White House service to five American Presidents

Chef Roland Mesnier

26 years of White House service to five American Presidents

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Awards & Honors

During his distinguished career, Chef Roland has won 18 Gold medals, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze for his pastry creations in competitions around the world.

The Legion of Honor is the highest French order for military and civil merits.
French Knights Medal of the Order of Agricultural Merit
The Antonin Carême Medal, presented by the Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast.

He has been a member of the prestigious L’Academie Culinaire de France since 1985 and the recipient of many awards and accolades. In 1987 Roland was voted by his peers as the Best Pastry Chef of the Year in France and received the coveted trophy (pictured below); the Antonin Careme Medal of Honor in 1990; the French Knights Medal of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 1991; in 1993 he was awarded a Doctorate of Culinary Arts from the prestigious Johnson & Wales University in South Carolina. And in 2005 he received the French Legion of Honor Medal – the highest honor bestowed on a French citizen; that same year he was inducted into the Chocolate and Pastry Hall of Fame in New York.

Roland was voted by his peers as the Best Pastry Chef of the Year in France and received the coveted trophy
Chef Roland receives the French Knights Medal of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 1991

Throughout his career, Roland has served more than forty (40) Kings, Queens, princes and princesses and Heads of State. He has been recognized by the international press, television and radio; he was featured in the 1996 National Geographic documentary “Inside the White House,” as well as dozens of other documentaries and interviews by filmakers and journalists around the world.

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About Chef Roland

From my beginning as a young baker’s apprentice in France to the grandeur of London; from the shores of Bermuda to the steps of the White House, I have had the privilege of serving my sweet creations to hundreds of thousands of guests from around the world. Read More…

Quotes about Chef Roland

Roland could work his magic

During our White House years together, Roland could work his magic for a small family gathering or a dinner for six hundred. Everything he ever prepared was made with love and an unfaltering dedication to the art of pastry making and the highest standards of his profession.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton
2016-03-24T15:55:28+00:00
During our White House years together, Roland could work his magic for a small family gathering or a dinner for six hundred. Everything he ever prepared was made with love and an unfaltering dedication to the art of pastry making and the highest standards of his profession. —Hillary Rodham Clinton
https://www.chefrolandmesnier.com/testimonials/roland-could-work-his-magic/

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