Our Sammic Rising Stars Scholar, Clifton Su, is finally here and settled in to Basque Country. Today he begins the real job at hand: staging. Clifton’s stage is under the passionate Basque chef, Roberto Ruiz. Instead of setting up culinary shop in the city of San Sebastián, chef Ruiz chose to remain in the countryside, which is where he has built a mini empire that Clifton will be exploring.
Clifton begins his stage at TPT, a cafe and bakery. A staple in the village of Beasain for over ten years, TPT is a simple yet well-appointed bakery that makes bread from sourdough starter (somewhat of a rarity in Basque Country) and sweets. Alazne Zunzunegi is the second in command, and she will be taking Clifton through the ropes, from breadmaking to pastry. TPT is known for using local products, like farm eggs and milk from the neighboring village. Stay tuned here and to Clifton’s blog for updates!
Exciting! Clifton, you are going to have so much fun and learn so much! Every passionate chef’s dream!
[...] was just as memorable as the first. My fellow Basque Stage, Clifton was working at a bakery called TPT in Beasain. We decided I would meet him at TPT that afternoon to meet Alazne, the owner, and join [...]