A New Pastry Chef for Le Bernardin January 17, 2012, 12:51 pm Eric Ripert, the exectuive chef and a partner in Le Bernardin, has hired Laurie Jon Moran as its new pastry chef. He replaces Michael Laiskonis, who left, as planned, on Dec. 31 to pursue opportunites outside the restaurant world. Mr. Moran, 30, is from England, where he worked at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons near Oxford, before joining Daniel here. Most recently he was pastry sous-chef at Per Se. "He has his own style," Mr. Ripert said, "but it fits in perfectly with what he have been doing here, incorporating some molecular into traditional ideas."