La Pâtisserie Numérique develops a slicer for food 3D printing

3D printing food presents a number of challenges even though it allows to create more complex shapes and geometries, adding originality to dishes. Marine Coré Baillais has set herself the goal of meeting these challenges by launching La Pâtisserie Numérique. After having spent more than 7 years at Sculpteo, a French 3D printing service, Marine decided to start 3D printing with food, having always had a passion for pastries. Today, she is developing a slicing software adapted to food. We met her to learn more about this particular project: she even made a short video to show us how to use the slicer to make a 3D printed cake decoration.

3DN: Why did you decide to create the Digital Pastry project?

When I left Sculpteo, I had several objectives: I wanted to continue making and I wanted to develop hand work, because I value the craftsmen’s know-how, the precision and quality of their gesture. I had been working for 7 years on a great techno with a lot of clients in various industries but little with the food industry. It was very frustrating for me: 3D food printers exist but it had not become a common use.

Making pastries is one of my passions so I chose to go back to school and pass my CAP to become a pastry craftsman. At 45 years old it was quite an experience! I became a clerk in restaurants, especially at Le Meurice, to learn the requirements of this profession and the way they produce (very different from the one we had established at Sculpteo). This allowed me to understand some of the obstacles to the adoption of additive manufacturing in this flagship sector of the French tradition!