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EVENTS, Published on 4/18/23

Unicef x Jumana Al Darwish x Valrhona

smallHosted by the wonderful Jumana Al Darwish, founder of The Happy Studio, entrepreneur, member of Unicef’s Women’s leadership Group and web 3 leading woman; UNICEF hosted a private event in Dubai to announce their new Goodwill Ambassador in the region and highlight to their campaig...

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GASTRONOMY, Published on 4/21/23

A daunting new challenge for L’École Valrhona: a 1.7m chocolate sculpture depicting the spire of Sainte-Chapelle church!

La Conciergerie's curator, Cécile Rives, came to us with quite a request: a chocolate sculpture representing the spire of Sainte-Chapelle church!

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/8/23

Cercle V Calendar x Cédric Rivière

With Easter around the corner, pastry chef at the Bastide de Gordes Cédric Rivière presents his Cercle V Challenge creation. This egg has been designed to support sustainable development and our natural ecosystem’s wellbeing, and draws particularly strongly on bees and their world.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Tom Coll

We had a pleasure of meeting the very talented Executive Pastry Chef of the Burj Al Arab, Tom Coll, while he created his luxurious chocolate petal delicacy.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Hugo Sipp

Hugo Sipp is a highly skilled corporate Pastry chef at Fouquet, with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the world of fine dining. He showed us the making of the famous Fouquet’s Arc de Triomphe.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Julien Mony

For Julien, his profession allows him to satisfy his desire to create, to revisit cakes and to try out new recipes with chocolate, decorations, sweets and showpieces.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Ishan Udayanga

Chocolate is the epicentre of Ishan’s life and what inspires him every day.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Pierre Chambon

Coming from the country famously known for its patisserie and inspired by his grandparents and father, Pierre Chambon has been passionate about the art and flavours of pastries since his childhood. He believes that he was destined to be in this line of work.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Hind Al Mulla

The very talented Hind al Mulla is the founder of Home Bakery, a home grown Emirati business, that thrived from the house.

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CERCLE V, Published on 4/3/23

Tête-à-tête with Chef Nicolas Lambert

Currently Senior Executive Pastry Chef of both Four Seasons Hotels in Dubai, Jumeirah beach and DIFC, Nicolas Lambert has an interesting career path.

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