Since working with Heston Blumenthal at the tender age of 16, the ‘prodigiously talented young baker’, renowned Pastry Chef and Chocolatier WILL TORRENT has already achieved many great things in his career. After graduating with a First Class degree in Culinary Arts Management from the University of West London Will won the first ‘Medallion of Excellence’ for a British Pastry Chef at the prestigious WorldSkills competition in Japan, the Academy of Culinary Arts Awards of Excellence, the Craft Guild of Chefs Young Chef of the Year and the Acorn Scholar award, all in the space of a few years. His training also took in work with top chefs such as William Curley, Brian Turner and Gary Rhodes, as well as time spent working at The Dorchester, Claridges, The Lanesborough and The Fat Duck. Will continues to work closely with team WorldSkills, promoting and encouraging our youth and in 2012 was presented with the prestigious WorldSkills UK Outstanding Achievement Award.