Helen Vass is an award winning pastry chef based in Glasgow, Scotland and runs her own patisserie & consultancy business, Dulce by Helen Vass. Helen was the winner of the Callebaut Patissereie Chef of the Year 2017 award at the CIS (Catering in Scotland) Excellence awards and was a finalist in the same category in 2016. Furthermore, she also won the Dessert Gold Medal for her work at the Scottish Food Awards & Academy in May 2017.

She was the former head pastry chef of 2AA rosette restaurant, Number 16, on Glasgow’s Byres Road for nearly 2 years. In May 2016, Helen was part of the winning team of BBC2’s Great British Bake Off Creme de la Creme along with team captain, Mark Tilling and team mate, Samantha Rain.