Bart de Gans

Bart is a member of the Dutch Pastry Team, a group of the most talented chefs in the Netherlands. He has worked as a pastry chef and product developer at the well-known Patisserie Jarreau in The Hague. He won first prize in the Tastiest BonBon-contest in 2012. With his sculpture ‘Ocean Secrets’ he became Dutch champion Ice Carving in 2015. Bart is a respected member of many national and international juries.

From 2015 he has been a key player in the Dobla Innovation team Europe. Since then he has led many innovations and product developments, always searching for and exploring new techniques. 

Born in France. He has studied with a number of the world’s pastry luminaries and holds a master in French pastry, having studied in the classical European tradition. He is a patissier and chocolatier with an amazing track record. For the last 20 years he was involved with education, product development and creation of pastry at an international level.

His participation in various international pastry competitions was awarded with a 1st price in New York during the Festival Gastronomique and with the World Champion title in Lyon at the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie. Michel educates for Dobla new talented Chefs through our partnership with the EPGB School in Barcelona and travels the world to help develop product and to organize demonstrations.

Keeping his legacy alive.

In March 2021 Maurits passed away. 

Maurits was a beautiful person with a truly unique talent that inspired us and many others. We greatly miss him.

In memory of his creativity, we keep his legacy alive. 

Graham is an international award winning Patisserie Artist who has pioneered the UK dessert market for the last 14 years bringing iconic products & categories to the market through all UK retailers. Graham is also part of the GB Culinary Team. He has worked under some of the greatest chefs in the world e.g. Paul Bocuse and Roger Verge and was trained at the exclusive Ecole Lenotre in France.

Since Graham joined the Dobla Innovation Center team, he has been using his years of experience to create creative & innovative concepts and products for various Dobla customers.

Monica comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and experience. She received her undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University with a Major in Microbiology and a Minor in French.  She also attended French Pastry School, L’Art de la Patisserie, where she studied under Jacquy Pfeiffer, Sebastian Cannone M.O.F, John Krauss, and Lara Ragano.

She has worked both domestic and abroad.  Domestically, she has worked as a corporate chef responsible for R & D production and creation of all new desserts as well as trained chefs in 7 states.

Since 2017, she has been responsible for R&D at Dobla North America and is an integral part of the chefs team worldwide.