Roy Fares (born 16 September 1984) is a Lebanese-born Swedish pastry chef, author, and television personality.Öhrman, Anders. "Hetast i rutan – Möt Roy Fares", QX, 6 September 2011. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
Biography Roy Fares was born in Lebanon. In 1990, he came to Sweden with his family. He grew up in Örebro and now lives in Stockholm.Öhrman, Anders. "Hetast i rutan – Möt Roy Fares", QX, 6 September 2011. Retrieved on 27 February 2015. Roy's cousins are Josef Fares and Fares Fares.Brander, Maria. "Nu väljer Fares Fares bort gangsterrollerna", Expressen, 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
Fares attended a three-year high school culinary program in Örebro, with focus on bakery/pastry chef.Toll, Michael. "Roy Fares är Enskedes egen gottegris", stockholmdirekt.se, 21 September 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015. Roy received his pastry chef apprentice diploma in 2005. In the same year, he won the Swedish Championship for Young Bakers and came third in the European Championship for Young Bakers.Mannheimer Ruberg, Niklas. "Roy Fares om livet som bagare", Sveriges Radio, 17 October 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015. After his competition successes, Roy Fares started working at the baker Tössebageriet in Stockholm.
In 2010, Fares won the competition "Årets Konditor" (Pastry Chef of the Year), which is Sweden's largest competition for professional pastry chefs.Öhrman, Anders. "Hetast i rutan – Möt Roy Fares", QX, 6 September 2011. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
In the autumn of 2012, he released his first book, Sweet!,"Receptspecial: Förföriskt gott", Svenska Dagbladet, 1 October 2012. Retrieved on 27 February 2015. inspired by Swedish, French and American desserts. In 2013, he participated as one of three judges in the TV program Dessertmästarna (The Masters of Desserts) on Kanal 5 and released his second baking book, United States of Cakes."Baka en bit av USA", Dagens Nyheter, 10 October 2013. Retrieved on 27 February 2015. The book was named the World's Best Cookbook 2014 in the category of US cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards."Winners by countries – Gourmand Awards 2014" , cookbookfair.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
In 2011, Fares also participated as pastry chef in the TV program Go'kväll (Good Evening) on SVT. Since 2013 Fares has been part of TV4's cooking program Mitt Kök (My Kitchen).Ryttar, Tony. "Roy Fares: "en dessert ska vara vacker"", Expressen. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
In 2014, Fares released his third book, Delicious,Drevinger, Joanna. "Matböckerna du inte kan vara utan", Svenska Dagbladet, 19 September 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015. an interpretation of the classic baking book Sju Sorters Kakor (Seven Types of Cookies). In April 2015, Fares made his debut as host of Kanal 5's TV series United States of Cakes, based on his book."Roy Fares på kakturné i Kanal 5", Svenska Dagbladet, 25 August 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
In 2014, Fares was named Chicest Man of the Year by the Swedish magazine CHIC."Årets Chicaste Man 2014: Roy Fares" , "chic.se", 4 September 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.
In 2016, he received the award for the Best Dressed Man of the Year from ELLE Sweden.
Books Sweet!, Bonnier Fakta, 2012 United States of Cakes, Bonnier Fakta, 2013 Delicious, Bonnier Fakta, 2014
TV appearances Go'kväll, Sveriges Television Dessertmästarna, Kanal 5 Mitt Kök, TV4 United States of Cakes, Kanal 5
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