People have long seen art as an expression of culture, world views, and changing societal mores. What does that say about using chocolate as a medium? Are we advancing an art form or just exposing our own cultural obsession with food? Whatever you decide, you can’t deny the beauty of this unique and delicious art form..
prepare to be amazed: chocolate sculpture is obviously here to stay!
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The largest chocolate sculpture in the world
*hocolatiers have broken the world record for the largest chocolate sculpture after building a replica of the Kukulcan pyramid based in Chichen Itza in Mexico weighing an incredible 18,239lb – the equivalent of two adult elephants. *
It smashes the previous record for the world’s largest chocolate creation set in Italy in 2010 which weighed just 10,736.5lb
The Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry made the delicious temple to celebrate its 30th anniversary – choosing the Mayan theme because of the crucial role the culture played in the origins of chocolate.
Richard Foley, founder and CEO of Qzina, said: ‘Breaking a Guinness World Record for building the largest chocolate sculpture will be Qzina’s greatest masterpiece yet.
*‘We studied Mayan pyramids at great lengths to create an exact replica of the Temple Kukulcan at Chichen Itza to honor the original chocolatiers.
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Close up of the chocolate film sculpture
Chef Jacquy Pfeiffer builds a chocolate sculpture with chocolate film reels and chocolate film for the Full Frame Film festival.
Dark White Chocolate Design | Art Sculpture Around The World
White chocolate is a confection of sugar, cocoa butter, and milk solids with a pale yellow or ivory appearance. The melting point of cocoa butter is high enough to keep white chocolate solid at room temperature, yet low enough to allow white chocolate to melt in the mouth.
As one of Italy’s most famous famous chocolatiers, Mirco Della Vecchia knew he had to come up with a pretty sweet idea for his next project.
And he’s had audiences licking their lips with anticipation with his latest set of white chocolate sculptures.
A tasty **Triomphe: Mirco Della Vecchia poses with his chocolate sculpture of Paris’ famous Arc de Triomphe
**The artist went around the world with white chocolate, whipping up the tasty treats to form Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, Greece’s Parthenon, Italy’s leaning Tower of Pisa and Colosseum, the Egyptian temples Abu Simbel and England’s famous Stonehenge.
The iconic landmarks were crafted as part of his ‘Chocolate World Heritage’ currently being exhibited in Hong Kong.
Painstaking patience - not to mention admirable self-restraint - were used to create the milky white wonders, which might tempt chocolaholics to skip visiting the real thing in favour of a close-up of Vecchia’s work.
He carved Rome’s ancient amphitheatre from a huge chunk of chocolate, even capturing the crumbling facade of the monument.
The replica of Nubia’s Abu Smibel, which was originally built during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, have been created with incredible detail, even carving out the lines in the pharoah’s beards.
His sturdy Parthenon and its columns have been intricately carved, with a poster showing the intense look of concentration on the artist’s face as he shaves off chocolate curls from his work.
He has captured Stonehenge’s worn look with no stone left untouched and his Arc de Triomphe is so big he can peek through its delectable arch.
His towering Pisa is perhaps the most impressive, as the model defies gravity by precariously leaning, just like its real life inspiration.
Vecchia showed that he had a sweet tooth from the age of 13, when he says he started working as a confectioner and says he ‘knew his future would lay in the cafe’ business.
In 1996 he started entering a series of regional competitions dedicated to the gentle art, quickly gaining numerous awards for his chocolate pistachio, praline, pastry and icecream.
He currently holds the Guinness World Record title for making the largest chocolate sculpture in the world.
Together with a team of artists, Vecchia created a white chocolate replica of the Dome of Milan which is 1.5 meters tall, 2.5 meters long and weighed and impressive 5.37 tons - setting the new world record for the largest chocolate sculpture.
Even their feet look good enough to eat: An incredible amount of attention went into this sculpture of Egypt’s Abu Simbel, with even the Pharaohs’ toes and beards being carved out of chocolate
Stone me: Stonehenge inspired the sweet-toothed chocolatier to replicate it with white chocolate
