Students at our Culinary School in Milford learned to make donuts – from scratch — at the hands of a champion pastry chef on Wednesday.

The 45th annual Point-to-Point trots back to Winterthur with lots of festivities in its stable on Sunday, May 7, including a tailgate competition judged by a local Food Network celebrity.   

DELAWARE – A local pastry chef recently gained national attention after his appearance on a popular food network show. Now his life after the show is inspiring others to step up their game too.

Dessert sales have been on the rise in the last month at some of the 15 restaurants in Sussex County owned by the SoDel Concepts Hospitality Group.

Dru Tevis, head pastry chef for SoDel Concepts hospitality group in Sussex County, won the Food Network series 'Holiday Baking Championship.'

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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - Dru Tevis, Corporate Pastry Chef for SoDel Concepts, has won Food Network's Holiday Baking Championship 2022- something he's had to keep secret for six months. 

Dru Tevis, center left, won the Food Network's 'Holiday Baking Championship' Monday with his Swiss Alps Cake.

When we last left Delaware’s “Dru-nicorn,” he made it through the second episode of “Holiday Banking Championship” on the Food Network.

But could Dru Tevis survive another round?

Dru Tevis is typically a man with a plan. “When I was in school, I handed in term papers early,” explained the Rehoboth Beach resident. “I studied for all my tests — nothing was ever done at the last minute.”

The Delaware beaches' culinary prowess will be represented nationwide in November, with two Rehoboth Beach-area chefs set to appear on television shows.

Delaware pastry chef Dru Tevis will duke it out with his peers on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship,” premiering at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7.

Local restaurateurs Megan Kee and Dru Tevis were recognized among the state’s Rising Stars at the Delaware Restaurant Association’s 19th Annual Restaurant Industry Cornerstone Awards held Oct. 18 at the Lighthouse Cove Event Center in Dewey Beach.

The Delaware Restaurant Association (DRA) will host the 19th Annual Restaurant Industry Cornerstone Awards on Monday, Oct. 18, at the Lighthouse Cove Events Center in Dewey Beach, with an after-party immediately following at The Lighthouse.

Meet Dru Tevis, Corporate Pastry Chef for the 12 SoDel Concepts restaurants. He's joined by Ellie Keck, Head Pastry Chef for the Clubhouse at Baywood.

SoDel Concepts’ 12 restaurants along the Delaware beaches are popular spots for celebrations, from birthdays to baby showers.

SoDel Concepts corporate pastry chef Dru Tevis is overseeing the program, which is available at all of the restaurants.

Forget coffee and doughnuts, apparently. SoDel Concepts pastry chef Dru Tevis has paired up with brewer Jimmy Valm in attempts to couple America's classic breakfast pastry — with craft beer.

An Insatiable Appetite for Perfection: Pastry Chef Dru Tevis

The presence of a pastry chef - especially in a resort town - is one of the signs that a restaurant has "arrived." But with all the ice cream dippers, caramel corn caramelizers and doughnut drizzlers here at the beach, full-time pastry chefs at restaurants are still few and far between.

Video from WBOC Delmarva life. Showcasing a demo, cooking a Sour Cream Coffee Cake on set, served at Fork and Flask in Rehoboth Beach!