I-St. Regis Atlanta, i-resort engenakulinganiswa edolophini ehlala kwindawo ekhangayo yaseBuckhead, iyavuya ukwazisa ukuqeshwa kukaDaniella Lea kwindima yompheki wepastry kwipropati. ULea uphantse wafikelela kwiminyaka elishumi yamava okupheka esebenza kwiihotele zeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu kunye neendawo zokutyela ukusuka eArgentina naseChile ukuya eVenezuela. Kwindima yakhe entsha njengompheki wepastry, uLea uya kuba noxanduva lokuphuhlisa kunye nokwenza izimuncumuncu ezinqwenelekayo kwiindwendwe, njengoko indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ijolise ekubandakanyeni iimpembelelo zamazwe ngamazwe ezihamba kunye nokubonakaliswa kwayo kwihlabathi jikelele.
ULea waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokupheka njengompheki wepastry kwiHotele iAustral Bahia Blanca eBahia Blanca, eArgentina. Emva konyaka ekweso sikhundla, wafudukela eCaracas, eVenezuela ukuya kuba ngumpheki wepastry kwiRestaurant yaseBucare omnye unyaka ngaphambi kokuba atshintshele kwindima yomphathi wepastry kwiFour Seasons Caracas. Uchithe iminyaka emibini njengomphathi wepastry kwiRestaurant yase-Amapola eCaracas, kunye nonyaka njengompheki wepastry kwiRenaissance Caracas La Castellana Hotel, ihotele yaseMarriott International. Phambi kokuba aqalise indima yokuba ngumpheki wepastry e-St. Regis Atlanta, uchithe iminyaka embalwa njengompheki wepastry e-Ritz-Carlton, eSantiago eSantiago, eChile.
ULea wafumana iminyaka eliqela eyona mfundo ilungileyo yokupheka eMzantsi Melika, eFransi naseUnited States, kuquka iColegio de Cocineros Gato Dumas eBuenos Aires, eArgentina; iLe Cordon Bleu eParis, eFransi; kunye noL'ecole Valrhona eNew York. Wakwazi ukufunda kwabanye abapheki be-pastry abaphumelele kakhulu, okwamvumela ukuba ahlolisise i-flavour, textures, imibala kunye nomboniso, kunye nokhuseleko lokutya, umgangatho kunye nokuhambelana.
"Amava kaDaniella asebenza kumazwe aliqela ase Mzantsi Melika nakwimfundo kumazwekazi amaninzi lolona kongezelelo kwiqela lethu lokupheka, njengoko sizimisele ukongeza incasa zamanye amazwe kwivenkile yethu, utshilo uMphathi Jikelele uGuntram Merl.
