Not all honey cakes are created equal. Join us for a demonstration and tasting with honey cake expert Rachel Sundet, Pastry Chef and Co-Owner of Mamaleh's Delicatessen. We'll explore three distinct recipes side by side, uncovering how ingredients like spices, tea, citrus, and oil shape flavor, texture, and tradition. Walk away with a deeper understanding of Jewish baking, a mini honey cake to take home, and a very sweet tooth.
6:00 PM: Light hors d'oeuvres
6:30 PM: Program begins
8:00 PM: Program concludes
Rachel Sundet
Chef Rachel Sundet's first job in a restaurant kitchen was at the beloved Cambridge institution, Upstairs on the Sqaure, with Amanda Lydon and Susan Regis. She was immediately hooked. After culinary school in London, she moved west to Seattle, where she worked at Brasa Restaurant and Macrina Bakery. She returned to the East Coast and after a stint on a goat farm with her husband, Tyler, landed at Hungry Mother, where she worked as the pastry chef for 5 years and met her future business partners. Together, they opened State Park, Mamaleh's Delicatessen, Café du Pays and then Vincent's. In 2015, Sundet was named a StarChefs Rising Star Pastry Chef and Boston Magazine's Best Pastry Chef. She is now one of four owners of Mamaleh's Delicatessen, which has locations in Cambridge and Brookline.