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The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop
The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop

The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop

Date2/21/1980
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  • The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider, top, gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop
  • The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider; top; gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop.
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Original Toronto Star caption: The boss: Retiring chef Marcel Dider; top; gets a round of applause from five of his staff (above) Didier's first job at the hotel was as an apprentice in the pastry shop.
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Sweet it is to be a pastry chef when you enjoy your work as much as David Miller of London's Park Tower Hotel does
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