The most awarded pastry chef leaves the international charts for a moment to return to her family kitchen table. With , co-written with her daughters, Nina Métayer transforms their weekend snacks into an editorial project born in the privacy of their home.
In the fall of 2026, crowned Best Pastry Chef in the World 2024 by the World’s 50 Best, she will publish a 224-page book at $29.95 with Hachette Cuisine. Co-signed with Anastasia, 8 years old, and Adèle, 6 years old, it is aimed directly at family kitchens.
Nina Métayer and her daughters in the kitchen
According to Nouvelles Gastronomiques, Anastasia was two years old when she started baking alongside her mother, driven by the desire to . Adèle joined them at the same age, and their sessions became a ritual: choosing a recipe, weighing, mixing, watching the dough transform.
The two sisters grew up surrounded by technical terms like or , gradually learning how to crack an egg, use a scale, follow each step. The father, Mathieu Salomé, from the audiovisual sector, immortalizes these moments and signs the photos in the book. , confides Nina Métayer, quoted by Nouvelles Gastronomiques.
Family cakes: recipes and lessons
brings together 60 recipes organized by moments of life: breakfast pancakes, Adèle cookies to slip into the school bag, caramelized bananas for the weekend, Sunday cake, birthday strawberry or chocolate truffles to offer. The book invites you to place the book on the work surface, to annotate it, or even to stain it with chocolate.
Each recipe retains its own gestures, utensils and rest times, but a system of icons helps families. A whisk indicates preparations from 2 years old, two whisks from 5 years old, three for 8 year olds, while a heart identifies the challenges for pastry chefs from 10-12 years old and adults.
A bridge with The delicate pastry
This project is a continuation of , the first book of 60 recipes published in 2021 by Éditions de La Martinière, already photographed by Mathieu Salomé. On her blog, pastry chef Morgane describes her collection of books as and reserves this first opus more for experienced amateurs, emphasizing the technicality of many recipes.
In , the same requirement translates into a chapter of basics – sweet, puff or brioche pastry, creams, pralines – and 17 photographic step-by-steps to guide each gesture. Chef’s advice, explained vocabulary and QR codes giving access to videos where Anastasia and Adèle make the recipes reassure parents and grandparents who are looking for a real family pastry.
When is Family Cakes released?
October 14, 2026, pre-order from September 15, 2026.
What age is this book for?
Recipes from 2 years old to 10-12 year olds and adults.
What do we find in this book?
60 recipes, a basic chapter, 17 step-by-step instructions and video QR codes.
