Melissa Murphy

Sweet Melissa Patisserie's flagship location, located at 276 Court Street, in Cobble Hill Brooklyn, was established in 1998. Executive chef & owner Melissa Murphy is a native New Yorker and a graduate of New York's French Culinary Institute (1995), where she currently serves on the Advisory Board committee and was the recipient of the "Most Outstanding Alumni" award in 1998.

Melissa has worked in many fine restaurants throughout New York City and the Hamptons, and has written numerous articles for magazines such as Food and Wine, Bride's Magazine, Fine Cooking, Quick and Simple, The New York Times Magazine and Pastry Arts & Design. She has been favorably reviewed by the New York Times, the NY Daily News, the NY Post, Time Out NY, New York Magazine and more.

Melissa most recently won a national recipe contest sponsored by the Almond Board of California ("Marzipandimonium!" 2006) and competed on the "TV Food Network Challenge: Edible Ornaments" (airing December 2007), where she captured the grand prize. Sweet Melissa Patisserie's currently enjoy the Zagat Marketplace 2007 award for "Best Tarts and Pies" in all of NY.

Melissa has experience on camera, having filmed with TVFN on many occasions, including Chef du Jour, In Food Today, Epicurious.com and the aforementioned TVFN Challenge. She currently has a series of informational baking videos available for viewing on the PodcastGo! network (www.podcastgo.com).

Current projects include a cookbook due out in late winter 2007 (published by Viking). She is also in the process of seeking a production company to produce "Simply Baked with Sweet Melissa", a T.V show based on baking simple and delicious desserts and baked goods.