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Being and staying a star pastry chef is no cakewalk. Evidence with Cedric Grolet. Pastry chef, since 2012, at Le Meurice, a Parisian palace, whose two boutiques, the pastry shop and the bakery, are always packed in the capital. was recognized as the best confectioner in the world in 2018 by the World’s 50 Best ranking; Set in London and Singapore in recent days, he’s seen his popularity melt away because of… the snowman. His log!
For all the stars of the profession, this end-of-year dessert has become an essential style exercise. And the level tirelessly rises both in unexpected associations and in appearance. Nicolas Guercio thus imagined a dog that we adopt without hesitation for Lutetia. Francois Perret signs expensive star at Ritz. At Trianon Palace, Eddie Benganem designed a tree decorated with his 60 cm decorations. Maxime Frédéric at Cheval Blanc Paris is more than ever on the rails with a magical train. As for Nara Kim, she played the jewelry card with a giant, edible brooch at the Park Hyatt. And these are just a few examples. There is no luxury address that does not compete in creativity and technique to offer the piece that will allow you to end New Year’s Eve in style.
Therefore, all eyes were fixed on the work of Cedric Grohle in 2023, whose chewy fruits were literally walking around the planet through social networks. The curtain rose on the long-awaited year-end feat. And here it is… The Snowman. As beautiful as a model clay made by a child with not yet fully developed fine motor skills in kindergarten. A marriage of coconut marshmallow, coconut ganache, fresh mango cubes, coconut daksi, crunchy coconut, this “Abominable” snowman stands out in the high-end confectionary landscape. And if it looks like it was hastily concocted in an obscure laboratory, its price is based on the most amazing counter prices: €95 for 6 people, or more than €15 per serving.
“Snowman” log by Cedric Grolet. Cédric Grolet / Press photo
Of course, there were many people who would pay even more for a white chocolate fig or lemon garnished with cream and compote, whose good taste was mainly due to the fact that they were photogenic. But this is going badly… “I died laughing. It’s such a level of fraud that we’re going to have to invent a new word,” exclaims journalist Nora Boazzuni at X, author. Eat the rich, the class struggle takes place on a plate (Nouriturfu publications). THE: Free afternoon immediately titled “A piece of snow with 100 bullets”. And parisian has 20 minutesthe press conveys mockery and anger.
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Will this storm take Cedric Grolet? A man with 9 million followers on Instagram has seen others. Gastronomic critic François Simon had this summer, concluding after tasting: “I was really sick all day.” And when Grolette brought back her strawberry shortcake topped with skinless fruit in June, she sparked a flurry of parodies. The teaspoon carnage, however, doesn’t seem to scratch the man, who continues to create well-dough croissants, donuts and coffee croissants on his Reeler, garnering millions of likes and showing it off to people over and over again. cameras that, despite the success, continues to work tirelessly.
Source: Le Figaro
