Laurent Branlard is executive pastry chef for the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel. A native of France, Branlard is a highly accomplished pastry chef who holds the distinction as a member of the 2002 Team USA World Pastry Championship Team, where they won the title in an intense competition against 11 nations, and a member of a team of three chefs who took the gold medal in the 2001 National Pastry Championship, comprised of 36 of the best pastry chefs in America.