page_title: Dominique Ansel
hierarchical_section_title: Dominique Ansel
caption_attribution_description: English: Dominique Ansel in 2014
context_page_description: Dominique Ansel is a French-American pastry chef and owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City. He is best known for his invention of the cronut, a croissant-donut hybrid that became a phenomenon.
context_section_description: Dominique Ansel (born 1978) is a French-American pastry chef and owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City. He is best known for his invention of the cronut, a croissant-donut hybrid that became a phenomenon.
caption: The chef Ansel in March 2014
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