Roy Fares

Roy Fares (born 16 September 1984) is a Lebanese-born Swedish pastry chef, author and TV personality.[1]

Roy Fares
Pastry Chef
Fares in 2014
Born
Roy Fares

(1984-09-16) 16 September 1984
Lebanon
Notable work
  • Sweet!
  • United States of Cakes
  • Delicious
Culinary career
Cooking stylePastry chef
Television show(s)
  • United States of Cakes
Websitewww.byroyfares.se

Biography

Roy Fares was born in Lebanon. In 1990, he came to Sweden with his family. He grew up in Örebro and now lives in Stockholm.[2] Roy's cousins are Josef Fares and Fares Fares.[3]

Fares attended a three-year high school culinary program in Örebro, with focus on bakery/pastry chef.[4] Roy received his pastry chef apprentice diploma in 2005. In the same year, he won the Swedish Championship for Young Bakers and came third in the European Championship for Young Bakers.[5] After his competition successes, Roy Fares started working at the baker Tössebageriet in Stockholm.

In 2010, Fares won the competition "Årets Konditor" (Pastry Chef of the Year), which is Sweden's largest competition for professional pastry chefs.[6]

In the autumn of 2012, he released his first book, Sweet!,[7] inspired by Swedish, French and American desserts. In 2013, he participated as one of three judges in the TV program Dessertmästarna (The Masters of Desserts) on Kanal 5 and released his second baking book, United States of Cakes.[8] The book was named the World's Best Cookbook 2014 in the category of US cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.[9]

In 2011, Fares also participated as pastry chef in the TV program Go'kväll (Good Evening) on SVT. Since 2013 Fares has been part of TV4's cooking program Mitt Kök (My Kitchen).[10]

In 2014, Fares released his third book, Delicious,[11] an interpretation of the classic baking book Sju Sorters Kakor (Seven Types of Cookies). In April 2015, Fares made his debut as host of Kanal 5's TV series United States of Cakes, based on his book.[12]

In 2014, Fares was named Chicest Man of the Year by the Swedish magazine CHIC.[13]

In 2016, he received the award for the Best Dressed Man of the Year[14] from ELLE Sweden.

Books
  • Sweet!, Bonnier Fakta, 2012
  • United States of Cakes, Bonnier Fakta, 2013
  • Delicious, Bonnier Fakta, 2014

TV appearances
  • Go'kväll, Sveriges Television
  • Dessertmästarna, Kanal 5
  • Mitt Kök, TV4
  • United States of Cakes, Kanal 5

References
  1. Öhrman, Anders. "Hetast i rutan – Möt Roy Fares", QX, 6 September 2011. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  2. Öhrman, Anders. "Hetast i rutan – Möt Roy Fares", QX, 6 September 2011. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  3. Brander, Maria. "Nu väljer Fares Fares bort gangsterrollerna", Expressen, 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  4. Toll, Michael. "Roy Fares är Enskedes egen gottegris", stockholmdirekt.se, 21 September 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  5. Mannheimer Ruberg, Niklas. "Roy Fares om livet som bagare", Sveriges Radio, 17 October 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  6. Öhrman, Anders. "Hetast i rutan – Möt Roy Fares", QX, 6 September 2011. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  7. "Receptspecial: Förföriskt gott", Svenska Dagbladet, 1 October 2012. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  8. "Baka en bit av USA", Dagens Nyheter, 10 October 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  9. "Winners by countries – Gourmand Awards 2014", cookbookfair.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  10. Ryttar, Tony. "Roy Fares: "en dessert ska vara vacker"", Expressen. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  11. Drevinger, Joanna. "Matböckerna du inte kan vara utan", Svenska Dagbladet, 19 September 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  12. "Roy Fares på kakturné i Kanal 5", Svenska Dagbladet, 25 August 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  13. "Årets Chicaste Man 2014: Roy Fares" Archived 2015-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, "chic.se", 4 September 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
  14. "De är Sveriges bäst klädda - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-01-29.
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