Ciril Hitz
Senior Instructor
JWU Faculty Since 1997
Hitz has been recognized both nationally and internationally with numerous awards and accomplishments. He served as the head judge at the 2006 National Bread and Pastry Team Championship in Atlantic City, and in 2004 he was a competitor at the same event where his two-person team won 1st place overall and he swept all three of the individual bread awards.
In 2002, he represented the U.S. as a member of the Bread Bakers Guild Team and competed at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, Paris, France, where the team took the silver medal. He has been a guest instructor/expert at many national and international culinary events and schools. He has been featured on 鈥淭he Today Show鈥 (NBC), The Food Network, The Learning Channel (TLC), and 鈥淐iao Italia鈥 (PBS).
Hitz鈥檚 decorative bread work was exhibited in 2006 at the COPIA Museum in Napa, California. He is the author of two books, 鈥淏aking Artisan Bread鈥 (Quarry Books, 2008) and 鈥淏aking Artisan Pastries and Breads鈥 (Quarry Books, 2009), as well as numerous magazine articles, and is the producer of two DVD series, 鈥淏read Art鈥 and 鈥淏etter Bread.鈥
Courses
- BPA 3730 Decorative Breads and Advanced Viennoiserie