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| World Pastry Cup crowns best pastry chefs Posted: 29 Jan 2013 10:05 PM PST LYON, France, Jan 30 — For 10 hours, chefs from 22 countries mixed, melted, tempered and moulded, hoping to take home bragging rights to being the best pastry maker, chocolatier and sugar sculptor at the World Pastry Cup in Lyon, France. With home-team advantage, France took the gold medal, beating Japan and Italy. These are their desserts and sugar sculptures that wowed the judges. Gold medal: France  Vive la France: The sugar sculpture inspired by the Le Mans 24 Hours classic.©Sirha They won the €21,000 (RM85,930) cash prize and bragging rights. The team also won for its entremet au chocolat dessert, or layered chocolate cake. Helping to steer it to victory was its sugar sculpture, themed on the oldest active sports car race in the world — the Le 24 Hours. Silver medal: Japan Japan's silver medal winning team was made up of Tetsuro Akasaki, Daisuke Tomita and Koh Moriyama. They developed a recipe flavoured with Kiyomi orange, meringue and whipped cream. Their second offering was a chocolate layered cake, also known as an entremet au chocolat, flavoured with Kiyomi orange. They created a sugar sculpture dedicated to music. Bronze medal: Italy Francesco Boccia, Marcello Boccia and Lucca Cantarin made up Team Italy. Their plated dessert Alegria was made with crème Anglaise, hazelnuts, mandarin and chocolate. Their chocolate offering was an entremet au chocolat, or layered cake. The colour, spectacle and movement of the circus was the inspiration for their sugar sculpture.— AFP/Relaxnews |
| Most powerful chefs in the world throw party for Paul Bocuse Posted: 29 Jan 2013 05:04 AM PST  Diner des Grands Chefs in Lyon, France. — Picture by Studio Eric Bergoend That means bringing together 200 of some of the biggest names in the world of gastronomy who collectively boast a constellation of Michelin stars between them. On Monday night, the "Dîner des Grands Chefs du Monde" threw a party for Bocuse in the city hall of Lyon, France, site of the Bocuse d'Or competition and Sirha, one of the biggest food trade fairs in the world. Culinary luminaries who attended the event included French chefs Yannick Alleno, Eric Frechon, Pierre Gagnaire, Anne-Sophie Pic, Thierry Marx, Guy Savoy, Pierre Troisgros and Emmanuel Renaut. In a gold-gilded room, under rows of crystal chandeliers, chefs in their spotless chefs' coats sat amongst guests in suits and ties, clinking glasses to a decadent Michelin-starred meal. Under Alain Ducasse's direction, Swedish chef Matthieu Viannay of two Michelin-starred restaurant La Mère Brazier in Lyon and triple garlanded chef Emmanuel Renaut of Flocons de Sel in the French Alps prepared the appetizers. American chef titan Thomas Keller, meanwhile, was put in charge of the first dish, while Ducasse took over for the remainder of the meal. Keller is also the president of Bocuse d'Or USA. Meanwhile, teams from 24 countries around the world will be competing for the gold trophy at the Bocuse d'Or, known as the culinary Olympics of the food world, January 29 to 30. — AFP-Relaxnews |
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