Macaron king named best pastry maker of all

Macaron maestro Herme didn’t even like macarons when he was young, finding them too sweet. Photos: AFP

They call him the “Picasso of patisserie”, the man who has made his melt-in-the-mouth macarons an international object of desire.

Pierre Herme, who the World's 50 Best Restaurants classification crowned best pastry chef recently, has elevated the simple but delicate French specialty into an artform.