Get your just desserts

Whisk and Spat Pop-Up: Here’s a chance to eat dessert first. In fact, to only eat dessert if you really want to.

On Monday, April 20, four all-star pastry chefs converge for a four-course dessert and wine tasting at Partake by K-J (241 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg).

The lineup includes Manny Frimbrez of Madrona Manor, Corey Wright from Kendall-Jackson, Robert “Buttercup” Nieto of K-J and Ramon Perez of Puur Chocolat in Sacramento.

This is no chocolate lava cake and creme brûlée phone-in, be assured. Expect some serious dessert porn, with sweet, savory, crunchy and exotic plates good enough for competition.

Each course is then perfectly paired with port and late-harvest chardonnay.

To whet your appetite, the chefs are cooking up some savory canapés during the reception so, you know, you don’t totally go into sugar-shock.

Tickets are $45 per person, $36 for wine club members, 7:30p.m. RSVP by April 17 at 707-433-6000.

New chef at Sonoma State: Chef Alexandre Porroy, formerly of Doce Lunas Restaurant in Kenwood, has taken over the kitchens of Sonoma State University.

Students, faculty and Green Music Center attendees have come to expect serious Wine Country cuisine from the educational institution since the arrival of Food Network personality Eric Lee upped the school’s culinary ante in 2013.

Lee left last August, but Porroy seems well-suited to handle the big shoes, having spent most of his career in large hotel kitchens throughout the world. We’re looking forward to seeing how he’ll change up the menus.

Still hungry? Check out Heather’s food and dining blog at BiteClubEats.com.