United Arab Emirates
Speaker
Carmen Rueda Hernández
Pastry chef at BRIX Journey & BRIX Café (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Carmen Rueda is a world-renowned pastry chef who has enjoyed an international career spanning Europe, Asia and Africa. She was trained in Madrid and Barcelona.
She specialises in chocolate and classic pastry techniques, having worked with leading experts and at prestigious innovation centres such as elBulli and The Fat Duck, where she explored avant-garde methods and gastronomic creativity.
She has also worked in Singapore with Janice Wong, led innovative dessert concepts in Cape Town, and developed new proposals and trained teams in luxury hotels in Dubai and Warsaw. She has participated in the World Chocolate Masters twice, reaching the podium both times.
She is currently the Executive Pastry Chef at Brix, where she leads the culinary vision and creates multi-sensory dessert experiences. Her work combines innovation and creativity with a respect for pastry tradition. In 2025, she was recognised as the Best Pastry Chef in the MENA region by The World's 50 Best Restaurants, and she has also received accolades from Tatler, Gault & Millau, and La Liste.
