Manfred Bast, CMPC

Master Pastry Chef Manfred Bast earned the Certified Master Pastry Chef title in 1984. 

Career highlights:

  • Born, raised, and educated in Rheydt, a borough of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • Emigrated to the United States in 1965, beginning his U.S. culinary journey at Manufacturer’s Country Club in Dresher, Pennsylvania.
  • He worked for many years as an Executive Chef and an ACF Certified Master Pastry Chef.
  • He was also a proud member of The Honorable Order of the Golden Toque.
  • He was a chef for Fidelity bank and ARA (now Aramark), as well as a professor at the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College during his working career.

He passed away on November 4, 2023.

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