Michelle Tampakis

I am a retired pastry chef and Baking and Pastry Arts Instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC. I taught professional and recreational students primarily pastry and baking skills, but also cooking skills.After being diagnosed with Celiac Disease, I opened a wholesale gluten free baking business named Whipped Pastry Boutique. Our shop provided thousands of individual muffins, cookies, cakes, breads and chocolate confections to hotels, retail stores and supermarkets. Throughout my career, I have taught hundreds of people at all skill levels. During Covid, my bakery was forced to shut down after 7 years in operation. I taught classes remotely from my home on the platform Course Horse. More recently, I have been giving classes in residential buildings that have amenity spaces, that are tailored to the interests of the individual clients.When I’m not giving classes, I am a hands-on grandmother to 4 grandchildren. My husband and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary in March.