Cédric Grolet Is Named Best Patissier in The World
Nominated best chef of the year by Le Chef magazine in 2015 and crowned with the best dessert by the Lebey Guide in 2016, it was inevitable that French patissier Cédric Grolet would exit 2017 with another accolade in hand.
Photo Cedricgrolet/Instagram
This
year the pastry chef from hotel Le Meurice in Paris has won big, being
recognised as the best patissier in the world, receiving the Valrhona USA award
by Les Grandes Tables du Monde at a ceremony held in New York this week.
The
jury was composed of Chef Jean-François Piège, Pastry Chef Pierre Hermé,
Restaurant Manager Denis Courtiade from Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athénée and
Catherine Roig, Managing Editor of Version Femina.
"The
unanimous result rewards the most talented patissier of his generation: in a
few years, Cédric Grolet has completely revolutionized the world of sweetness
at the Parisian palace Le Meurice, with the desserts on the menu of the two
Michelin starred restaurant but also with his reconstituted "fruits"
and his classical desserts, his different creations are visually magnificent
and very addictive both visually and on the palate. Humbly, the young prodigy
welcomes his appointment with as much pleasure as emotion" reported
L'Express magazine.
By FDL