Chefs

Leigh Omilinsky is Rebalancing Dessert

Jacqueline Raposo

As pastry chef of Chicago’s Swift & Sons, Leigh Omilinsky decks individual carrot layer cakes with compressed pineapple, and peanut butter mousse with edible flowers. Then she checks into Cold Storage to create playful sundaes with doughnuts and popcorn, before heading down the street to Bellemore to bake canelés to pair with apple cider sabayon and brown butter ice cream for a beautifully plated dessert. She...