Shahrzad graduated from Le Cordon Blue Paris Pastry School and Instroct Foundation Cooking School, is an expert in hotel management, chef and owner of Shahrzad Shokohi Vand (Fam Chic) pastry shop and teacher of French pastry and desserts courses at Bake Academy. The Pastry Diploma focuses on the progressive learning of the fundamental techniques of traditional French pastry. It is made up of three certificates: Basic, Intermediate and Superior. Students learn to master the most complex contemporary desserts, perfecting themselves through sugar and chocolate creations.
Shahrzad was awarded the **Ordre du Mérite Agricole** (Order of Agricultural Merit) by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of the French Republic. This honor recognized her outstanding contributions to agriculture, particularly in the culinary arts, which have enhanced France’s cultural prestige globally and facilitated the exchange of knowledge and dialogue between cultures. The knighthood ceremony took place at the French Embassy in Iran on August 2, 2023, and was presided over by the French Ambassador to Iran, Mr. Nicolas Roche. Shahrzad became the first Iranian recipient of this distinction.
