>>21549800
Patisserie is the hardest cooking skill.
I don't know why you are surprised by this.
It's the last skill cooks learn to master, the highest level of cooking.
Usually the good pastry chefs need to go to a special school to acquire it.

When people say French cuisine is amazing, part of the reason is the fact that they are the best at the hardest cooking type. And pic related is probably the hardest pastry to cook bar none, as simple as it looks.

>>21550293
Cooking steak is also an art form. With not such a high skill floor as patisserie but a high ceiling.