Frosting and Bake, the Best Taste to Make

"The Fairy of Fondant Felicity? The Towering Tyrant of Taste? Oh, Escoffier's hardly the terror the papers make her out to be. She simply loves cooking, and she can be a bit... strict about it. Is it so surprising that she doesn't respect those who don't take cooking seriously? Don't worry, I just know you'll get along — like cinnamon and vanilla!"

— Navia

◆ Name: Escoffier

◆ Title: Tasteful Excellence

◆ Lead Goose of Precision Gastronomy

◆ Vision: Cryo

◆ Constellation: Dulciaria Structura

For a long time, The Steambird's Gourmet Column has been known by food afficionados as a culinary weathervane. As a regular feature on this column, Escoffier, the ex-Head Chef of Hotel Debord, and her "precision gastronomy" are all the more famed in Fontaine.

In the process of "analyzing," "extracting," and "harmonizing," she has not only deconstructed Fontainian views on "flavor" but even their foundational cognition of "tastiness." Thusly disassembled and reconstructed, the secret code constituting the sense of taste has been redefined in delicacy upon the very tips of their tongues.

Critics have never been stingy with praise for this genius chef, but neither have they ever shied away from the controversies surrounding her. Escoffier's image as one meticulous in both the kitchen and its management has proved long-lasting, while her merciless critiques of both colleagues and apprentices have made her quite the hot topic in the culinary world...