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James Griffin
Lecturer
Email: james.griffin@TUDublin.ie
James “Jimmy” Griffin is a sixth-generation master baker, author and lecturer in Baking and Pastry Arts at TU Dublin. He holds a master’s qualification in Food Product Development and Culinary Innovation. He has self published ten books, including The Art of Lamination series, and has worked internationally as a baking consultant, educator and competition judge. He is founder of his Facebook page Jimmy Griffins The Art of Lamination Page which has 175,000 followers.
His proposed PhD investigates how laminated pastry processes are described, taught and measured. At its centre is the Griffin Universal Numbering System of Lamination (GUNSL), a proposed notation that uses numbers and syntax to describe the Architecture and process required to assemble basic and complex laminated pastry systems. His research draws on his teaching, publications and practical work over 40 years, extending from layer-counting principles to inserts, composite assemblies and modern cross-lamination.