The chocolate weekly 22 - 2015

With World Chocolate Masters grand finale in Paris coming closer let’s have a look at the last national preselection which happened in Canada.

Months of dedication, passion, and chocolate mastery were distilled into two days of competition at the 2015 World Chocolate Masters Canadian Final in Montréal, Quebec. The theme was “Inspiration from nature” and the winner of the Canadian preselections was the great Michaël Cotard, chef and owner of Cotard Chocolatier. Michaël has participated in several competitions since the beginning of his career, including the Canadian qualifying round for the 2013 World Chocolate Masters, during which he won the award for best layered chocolate cake. He also finished second at the Canadian qualifying round in Toronto for the 2011 World Chocolate Masters.

Michaël demonstrated he masters his techniques, and according to the jury ‘his showpiece proved this perfectly, with a structure and texture that really reflected the look and feel of wood and nature.’ The fact that his massive showpiece merely rested on a narrow base was additional proof of his technical mastery.