Dominique Ansel's pastry

What it is

@dominiqueansel is the account of Dominique Ansel, a French pastry chef based in New York. His bio lists him as chef and owner of several bakeries and the creator of the Cronut, the croissant-doughnut hybrid that once had people queuing around the block. The feed is almost all short videos: pastries being torn, sliced and drizzled, with every layer of dough on show.

Captions are in English and fairly detailed, with ingredients and flavour notes.

Why we picked it

It is pastry craft filmed so well you can look at it like design. In September 2026 the feed had a Moon Croissant for the Mid-Autumn Festival: a full-moon-shaped laminated brioche with salted egg yolk custard, chewy mochi and a whole salted yolk in the centre. There was also an apple cider shokupan, the soft Japanese-style milk bread, with cider in the dough and caramelised apples throughout, and October's Cronut flavour of pumpkin ganache with dulce de leche. Earlier in the summer came a matcha soufflé latte whose whipped topping rises on camera.

Something new shows up every month, and you can watch French technique meet American and Asian flavours.

Where to start

• Watch the croissant cross-section videos to see the lamination up close.
• Find the Cronut posts; the flavour changes every month and it is fun to compare.
• Open the highlights with seasonal collections.
• If you bake, read the captions for the ingredient breakdowns.

Who it's for

Home bakers and pastry cooks looking for flavour and presentation ideas. Anyone planning a food trip to New York. Everyone who enjoys watching a knife go through laminated dough.

Quick answers

Are there recipes? Not full recipes, but the captions describe the components in detail.

Is it mostly advertising? It showcases what his bakeries sell, so yes, it is a shop window, but a beautiful and low-key one.

How often does he post? When we checked in September 2026, several times a week.