Pastry Chef of the Year

Joanna Yuen, Andō

In 2019, Joanna Yuen took home the Best Pastry

Chef award for her work at Nobu—since then, she has only become stronger and even more determined to push the boundaries of dessert and pastry. As part of the founding team of Andō, Yuen has been able to complement chef Agustin Balbi’s gastronomic narrative with her own perspective, creating desserts rooted in nostalgia and presented with an almost avant-garde aesthetic. Her sugar work is meticulous and ethereal, and the entire architecture of her dessert is considered endlessly to create a sense of awe. Yuen’s secret ingredient above all? Grit.