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The Cronut® Wins it’s Own Time Out NY Award

24th March 2014


Time Out New York’s annual Food & Award winners were announce tonight, and the Cronut® was in a class of its own. Taking home the first ever Cronut® award for 2014! Congratulations to the other wonderful winners that make dining in New York as vivid and colorful as it is!

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The First Day of the Cookie Shot Draws Long Lines

15th March 2014


More than 160 fans lined up outside Dominique Ansel Bakery yesterday afternoon for the debut of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Shot, which is available daily at 3pm. The first person arrived around noon. For a recap of one journalist’s journey in line, read here.

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New York Post Taste Tests the Cookie Shot

14th March 2014


New York Post gets a first taste of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Shot. Their thoughts? “The cookie portion, served warm, is a textbook-delicious chocolate cookie. Despite having to serve as a glass, it’s remarkably soft inside, with just the right level of buttery-brown-sugary crunch on the outside. The melted Valrhona chocolate flakes are evenly and …

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Cookie Shots Come to New York!


With the massive success of his Chocolate Chip Cookie Shots in SXSW, the star item is making it’s way to New York.  Starting Friday (March 14th), the cookie shots will be offered daily from 3pm onwards. For more details, read here. *Update*: Following some additional tests and tweaks from the kitchen, the cookie shots will …

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Shot Hits SXSW

11th March 2014


Chef Dominique’s newest invention takes SXSW by storm with lines four blocks down for his late night saloon event, where the pastry debut alongside Texas’ first appearance of the Cronut®. Each chocolate chip cookie is shaped like a real-size shot glass and filled with our organic milk, which is cold-infused with Tahitian vanilla for 24 …

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The Guardian’s Q&A with Chef Dominique

5th March 2014


The Guardian’s staggeringly Q&A with Chef Dominique talks about his childhood growing up poor, the difference between a chef and business man, and why he doesn’t want “the creation to kill the creativity”. Read the full article here.

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Dominique Ansel + Cronut® + SxSW

4th March 2014


We’re heading out to Austin to South by Southwest! Chef Dominique Ansel and team will be doing a late night saloon in conjunction with Allison + Partners on March 10th at 12am midnight until 2am. Included in the treats are the legendary Cronut® and also a newly revealed dessert (exclusively for SxSW): the chocolate chip …

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LA Gives a Massive Welcome to Chef Dominique

2nd March 2014


It was a rainy morning in Los Angeles on March 1st, but that did not stop hundreds from showing up to Barneys NY at The Grove for the one pop-up with Chef Dominique Ansel and his famed pastry the Cronut®. With the event starting at 10am, the line stretched to more than 350 hours earlier …

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Dominique Ansel + Barneys NY Pop-Up in LA

25th February 2014


Mark your calendars! On Saturday (Mar. 1), Chef Dominique Ansel will be joining forces with Barneys NY at The Grove to bring the Cronut® to LA fans! This is the first time the team at the bakery will be preparing the Cronut® fresh (just like it is in New York) in a different city. The …

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Tina Fey and Jerry Seinfeld Visits

31st January 2014


The latest webisode of Comedians in Cars brought Jerry Seinfeld and Tina Fey on a food tour, stopping by our bakery for a quick greet with Chef Dominique, followed by an all out feast on our pastries. (Look out for the segment around the 12:20 mark)

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