| Robert J Twardzik's confectionery
design studio creates sumptuous wedding & party cakes,
petit fours, chocolates and other pastries & confections
for your special occasions. Chef Twardzik combines European
pastry techniques, the finest ingredients the world has
to offer and an artist’s hand to fashion his extraordinary
“Objects de Sucre”.
He has created wedding cakes and
a myriad of pastries & confections for private clients,
institutions and events throughout the United States.
His work has been featured in the New York Times, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Food Network, several books, and other publications & industry events.
|
 |
Chocolate Exhibition Piece
by Chef Twardzik
Cocoa painting on white chocolate "canvas" with 24K gold accents. Additional images of the complete piece can be found on the Confectionery Studio Page - Chocolates & Confections. |
|
|
 |
 |
| |
 Food Network's "Behind the Bash"
FEBRUARY 2006 - Robert J. Twardzik was featured on Giadja DeLaurentis' TV show "Behind the Bash - NYC Chocolate Show." Chef Twardzik and fashion designer Austin Scarlett of Bravo TV's "Project Runway" fame collaborated on the design of a spectacular chocolate lace dress for the 2005 NY Chocolate Fashion Show Gala. The blue silk taffeta dress featured elaborate chocolate lace motifs embellished with hand-formed chocolate medallions and sugar beads and 24K gold & silver details.
Host Giadja DeLaurentis interviewed Chef Twardzik at 3 different stages of the dress' development including a segment at his West Village NYC chocolate studio and at the event's site the day of the fashion show gala.
 |
 New York Chocolate Show
NOVEMBER 9, 2005 - Robert J. Twardzik and designer Austin Scarlett of Project Runway fame collaborated on a beautiful chocolate lace dress for the 2005 Chocolate Fashion Show Gala Benefit for DIFFA. The dramatic and elegant chocolate lace and silk taffeta dress, chocolate hat and chocolate shoes were one of the highlights of the show. The chocolate lace designs created by Chef Twardzik were embellished with sugar beads, hand-made chocolate and sugar paste medallions and highlighted with 24K gold and silver.
|
New York Daily News "Now / Entertainment" by Breanne L. Heldman
 NOVEMBER 8, 2005 - Designer Chic, Choc-Full of Delicate Details"
Drip, drop, dribble. Usually, when chocolate meets clothing, it means a trip to the dry cleaners.But, at the Chocolate Fashion Show tonight, a little sweet stuff on your dress is anything but a faux pas.This year, Austin Scarlett of "Project Runway" fame and Robert Twardzik of RJT Confections created a dress that will literally make your mouth water...
|
 New York Chocolate Show
NOVEMBER
10, 2004 -
Robert J. Twardzik & Nicole Miller
joined their creative forces and created a spectacular
chocolate dress for the annual Chocolate Fashion Show
Gala Benefit for DIFFA. The Celtic design of the dress
is inspired by Nicole Miller’s
Spring ’05 Collection and features elaborate Chocolate “Embroidery & Bead
Work” and a Chocolate Celtic Cross Necklace all embellished
with 24k gold.
|
 Wendy Mullen
"Chocolate Molds - Objects
of Art"
SPRING
2004 - Robert
J. Twardzik's unique chocolate work will be featured
in Wendy Mullen's "Antique European Chocolate Molds"
book to be published in 2004.
|
 The
Oprah Winfrey Show
October
31, 2002 - Robert J Twardzik appeared on
the Oprah Winfrey Show with Carolyne Roehm for a “How
To Create Edible Holiday Gifts Luncheon”. Special
Guest Chef Twardzik taught Carolyne and her guests
how to sculpt miniature marzipan fruits, create gilded
chocolate leaves, and mold marzipan pomegranates to
decorate chocolate wood-grained cookies. These recipes
will be included in his upcoming book, “Holiday
Baking Journal”.
|
The New York Times
"
Food Stuff" by Florence Fabricant
October
23, 2002 - Scary Halloween Treats? Just
Nibble Their Heads Off "...A fancy little ghost
cookie, right, rises like smoke and is destined to disappear
just as fast, in a few nibbles. The buttery sugar cookie
ghost, one of Robert Twardzik's imaginative confections,
is covered with white sprinkles, like so many elegant
seed pearls, and is sold at William-Wayne & Company,
846 Lexington Ave (64th Street), for $9." |
 The New York Times
"
Food Stuff" by Florence Fabricant
Easter Baskets That Shine,
Whipped, Sculptured and Bespeckled "...chocolatier,
March 22, 2002 - Robert
J. Twardzik, ennobles white- and dark-chocolate bunnies
in a bas-relief plaque, right, which looks as if it
could sit on a Regency mantelpiece. Perhaps Mr. Twardzik's
background - he is a former architect - has influenced
his work." |
|
