Pastry Chef Laura Sawicki

La Condesa, downtown Austin’s popular Mexican restaurant located in the vibrant 2nd Street District, is thrilled to welcome acclaimed pastry chef Laura Sawicki to its team.

Laura comes to La Condesa most recently from Brooklyn’s Paloma, where she worked with La Condesa Executive Chef Rene Ortiz. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and veteran of the famed Canyon Ranch resort, Laura cut her teeth at Tom Collichio’s wildly popular Craftbar in downtown New York. Driven by her obsession for the finest, freshest ingredients, Laura later took a position alongside Chef Caroline Fidanza as Pastry Chef at Brooklyn’s critically acclaimed Marlow & Sons, a restaurant at the forefront of the “farm-to-table” movement.

Prior to attending the Culinary Institute of America, Laura studied studio art and art history at Colorado College. Laura’s unique combination of savory and sweet elements, tempered by her fine art background, results in dishes as delightful to the eyes as they are to the mouth.

Influenced by her family’s roots in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires and by her traditional Jewish upbringing, Laura sees food as an opportunity to bring people together and share life’s joys. After meticulous selection of ingredients, Laura makes all of La Condesa’s breads, pastries, and desserts entirely from scratch to compliment Chef Ortiz’ seasonal menu.

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