Catch Restaurant and Catch at The Terrace are pleased to announce Pastry Chef Erika Bruce as the newest addition to their backstage roster of New England culinary experts. Bruce comes to Catch Restaurant from her most recent position as Associate Editor of Cook’s Illustrated magazine, America’s most sophisticated culinary periodical. The skills she honed through the magazine’s commitment to fine ingredients, creative conceptualization, thorough execution, and exquisite presentation now find full expression in her position as Pastry Chef at Chris Parsons’s two restaurants. Dividing her time between Catch Restaurant, in Winchester, Massachusetts, and Catch at The Terrace, in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard, Bruce prepares breads and desserts that capture the essence of her experience.  

Among her position in several bakeries and restaurants in the Boston and Bay areas, Bruce enjoyed stints at Rialto Restaurant and Flour Bakery and Café in Cambridge—two establishments where Chef Parsons also cultivated his love of preparing fine food. With a 1999 Professional Chef’s Diploma from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, this pastry aficionado also has established her own wedding cake business, Le Beau Gateau. Accolades from local publications include Best Wedding Cake in 2007 by Improper Magazine, Boston Globe and Boston Magazine’s Elegant Weddings. Bruce has appeared on the popular PBS cooking show, America’s Test Kitchen to present her confectionary talents to thousands and thousands of viewers.  Her stature may be slight, but this petite powerhouse bakes big!