Two-hour pastry trial — what to prep

Got a two-hour trial Thursday for a hotel pastry chef role; they want two plated desserts and an entremet showing innovative texture work and clean lines. If you’ve done these, what reads best under the clock — bring my own acetate, offset, and spray gun for a quick velvet finish, or play it safer with a tight mirror glaze, crisp tuile, and a neat quenelle? Also, is it normal to be asked to source my own molds and fruit for a trial?

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Mirror glaze reads cleaner in two hours — temper to 32–34°C and pour on a well-chilled entremet, bring your own acetate collar and small offset, plus a microplane to square edges for those “clean lines.” I’d skip the spray gun unless they confirm ventilation/power; no one wants a cocoa-butter fog machine mid-service. Did they say if pre-frozen inserts or pre-scaled tuile components are allowed?

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