Danielle Keene of Top Chef: Just Desserts Joins LA Creamery

Two weeks ago came word that LA Creamery's culinary director, Jessica Goryl, separated from the recently opened artisan ice cream shop, here now her replacement. Danielle Keene, former pastry chef at Wilshire and finalist on the first season of Top Chef: Just Desserts, joins LA Creamery as Corporate Pastry Chef today. Following the shop's mantra of high quality, small batch ice creams in both traditional and exotic flavors, Keene has conceived the following additions: Hot Chocolate flavored with chili powder, cinnamon, vanilla bean and cocoa nibs; Milk Chocolate Chai flavored with black tea and seven spices; Sassafras flavored with sassafras bark; Honeycomb ice cream layered with handmade honeycomb seafoam candy; Roasted Banana made with fresh bananas roasted with brown sugar and butter until caramelized, then blended in a lightly flavored rum base; and a non dairy Chocolate Sorbet made with bittersweet chocolate, sugar and water.
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