When my clients find out I’m Belgian and a chocoholic I’m often asked whose my favorite chocolate Artisan. That’s a hard question because there are so many in Belgium, after all chocolate is a way of life but I have decidedly picked chocolate artist Pierre Marcolini as one of my favorites since being in the same room with his chocolate creations can be dangerous for a chocoholic. He has won the world championship of pastries in 1995 with an amazing ice cream cake. So I asked him to recreate this cake for my Wedding in 1996 a gorgoues 6 tiered cake surrounded by meringue. His cake caused a huge fiasco, as guests were fighting over seconds of cake.I had ordered double the usual amount for the number of guests.. ..it was crazy. He is the nicest and most down to earth guy and a true artisan. He now only creates only chocolate and his popularity in Brussels has exploded, he has stores all over Europe, Japan and even New York and ships everywhere his site is www.Marcolini.com
Some of his chocolate flavors are really avant-garde…My favorites are the flowers and herbs flavors..ummmm!!