Perez began in the pastry profession as an apprentice in his hometown of Toulouse, France and, later, continued to develop his pastry skills in a variety of pastry shops, focusing on ice cream and chocolate work. In 1987, after several years of formative training and experience, his talent led him to Washington, D.C. where he served as Pastry Chef of the French Embassy.
Seeing an absence of classic French pastry training in his adopted country, Perez began Macaron Pastry Training Center in 2009, a school which offered short-term classes for professionals and food enthusiasts seeking to advance their knowledge of the pastry arts. Eric conducted pastry demonstrations in more than 15 different countries making him an icon in the Asian pastry world.