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He has become one of the world’s leading pastry chefs. Cédric Grolet has been awarded numerous prizes, such as the World’s Best Pastry Chef. People wait in long lines to get some of the delicious creations of this 37-year-old Frenchman, such as his famous croissants or his recent galettes des rois, typical of Epiphany. Grolet has also become the king of social networks, where he accumulates 6 million followers on his Instagram profile, and more than 3.6 million on his TikTok.
In his profiles he posts all his pastry creations, characterized by an incredible and careful aesthetic, in addition to innovating in their preparation and proposing some striking trompe l’oeil, like these ‘quinces’ that we share, which he called “my cocaine”.
Grolet’s success lies in his perfectionism and technical quality when it comes to proposing new desserts.
In addition, it is also characterized by being at the forefront of trends, not only at the culinary level, creating synergies with other chefs, such as chef Jean Imbert, joining cooking formats, giving online courses or even in other sectors. His latest collaboration was with jeweler Nadine Ghosn, to launch a limited edition of 50 galettes des croissants. In one of them, a special bean produced by Ghosn and valued at €6,500 was hidden.
Each video she publishes on her networks accumulates hundreds of thousands of reproductions, turning her hypnotic recipes into an object of desire.
If you want to know some viral creations of other popular chefs, here are some recipes from Jamie Oliver or Dabiz Muñoz, among others.
