countdown to salon du chocolat 2009 paris [PLAN]

[schneich]

we will be at the salon du chocolat on thursday, i wont give uop the hope (as two years ago) to meet some egullet folks.

if anyone is going, maybe we couldmeet or/and have a nice brasserie dinnner afterwards ??

cheers

torsten

p.s. i will extensively document the show with my brandnew zi8 in HD so be prepared for a paris report live on tape from egullet-tv :-)

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Edited October 13, 2009 by heidih
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[Lior]

I wish I could be there and meet you. One day I am sure I will go. Have a great experience and I will be looking very forward to your documentation! Thanks!

[Kerry Beal]

we will be at the salon du chocolat on thursday, i wont give uop the hope (as two years ago) to meet some egullet folks.

if anyone is going, maybe we couldmeet or/and have a nice brasserie dinnner afterwards ??

cheers

torsten

p.s. i will extensively document the show with my brandnew zi8 in HD so be prepared for a paris report live on tape from egullet-tv :-)

HOST'S NOTE: This is an member-organized event, not an official eGullet Society event. Please see here for the terms under which this event is listed in eG Forums.

Can't wait to see the report! Wish I could be there.

[gap]

Yes, please link in your report when you can. I was due to be there this year but ended up having to bring the trip forward (we ended up in Paris in May/June instead). I'll never complain about a trip to Paris, but it would have been great to attend the show and competition.

[lebowits]

Greatly looking forward to hearing your reports!

[confiseur]

World Chocolate Masters 2009 result at the salon:

1. Japan ( the pre-competition favourite justified the predictions )

2. USA ( whose representative is not actually American but...er....French)

3. Germany ( a strong showing from the excellent German representative )

7. a solid effort from the UK

15. a suprisingly weak Italy

Some superb work done by the great majority of the 19 competitors.

I am already looking forward to judging at national selections next year.

The WCM event is now pre-eminent among the worlds chocolate competitions.

Edited October 17, 2009 by confiseur (log)

[schneich]

iam just collecting all the footage, give me another day or so...

btw the german contestant trained here in cologne in the "konditormeisterschule"

and our chef patissier (matthias ludwigs) was defeated by her in the german finals... :-(

he is A LOT better than she is... he just publishesd his first book with a whopping 359 pages

http://www.amazon.de/Ludwigs-Patisserie-Inspirationen-perfekte-Dessert/dp/3875151127

cheers

t.