st weekender september 251993 p27 pastry chef brings tastes of europe to stouffville bruce stapley correspondent mohamed elsayed is looking to bring a little bit of europe to stouf- fville the egyptianbom pastry chef is the creative force behind mr zees sinful sweets the frenchstyle cafe which recently opened up in the success square plaza with elsayed personally presiding over the bak ing of the french pastries muffins and cookies the business also offers specialty coffees capucino sand wiches and other goodies stouffville is the latest stop on a career road which has seen elsayed work as a pastry chef for a cruise ship on the nile river as a sous chef at a french restaurant in toronto and a large markham hotel a scarborough resident and the father of a three year old son elsayed is out to change the eating habits of people in stouffville and the surrounding area i dont like popular north ameri can food hamburgs hot dogs and apple pie elsayed said t dont make apple pie were trying to pro vide european pastries made from fresh cream belgian chocolate and fresh fruits this kind of pastry is very new for north america if peo ple dont have the chance to go to europe well bring europe to them elsayed isnt planning to restrict his creations to stouffville alone he is in the process of setting up arrangements which will make his pastries available in some of the digger hotel restaurants in the toronto area he has already hired an assistant to help him out and with over 30000 worth of baking equipment in place and more on the way he is ready to handle the vol ume for elsayed the new business means a return to the early wake ups and long hours he has had to adapt to in so many of his previous jobs my last job was from 95 five days a week at toronto catering it gave me time to spend with my family but now im right back into it i come in here at 4 am three times a week hef mohamed elsayed runs mr zees sinful sweets at suc cess square plaza elsayed studied hotel and food management under french instruc tion for four years at a private uni versity in alexandria egypt he went to france to finish his train ing then spent two years as a pas try chef on a hilton cruise ship offer ing nile voyages he came to cana da in 1986 taking a job with an uncle who owns encore svp a french restaurant in toronto since then he has also worked as a sous chef at hotels in markham and north york the success square opportunity represented a new challenge for him and he is taking to it with enthusiasm despite the question able economy he thinks he can make a go of the business t love it here its always risky opening a business but sometimes you have to take a chance this town had nowhere to go for french pastries and the type of thing were i offering here recession or no peo- dickie dee ice creams warehouse sale save 50 or more ice cream novelties yogurt and tubs no limits buy in bulk and save perfect treats for the entire family prize draws highway 7 -i- hwy404 dickie dee 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