Lluc Crusellas has won this Monday the prestigious international World Chocolate Masters competition after three days of tests in Paris and has become the best chocolate master in the world. He has prevailed among candidates from 17 other countries. Crusellas was the state representative and had been preparing for this challenge for about a year. Born in Santa Eulalia de Riuprimer (Osona), he is the head pastry chef at El Carme, in Vic, an establishment that belongs to the Pavic bakery.
In his speech,Crusellashas thanked everyone for joining "a small great project." In this regard, he assured that it has been an "incredible" year. "We did it together, we won it and we enjoyed it," he said, "to those of you who are at home, in the town, thank you for being there," reportsACN. The contestants competed for three days in Paris. They had to pass two tests per day with the elaboration of a large sculpture, a small one, a dessert, a bonbon, a snack, and apetit four.Onlythe top ten went on to the final round and among them wasLluc Crusellas, who has finally been the winner. Among the pieces he has brought to the competition,an elephant stands out in the large-size sculpture category, three meters high, made with about 200 kg of chocolate. A few days ago, he announced that he was inspired by nature and environmental awareness, values with which he feels very identified.Crusellashe became last November the best state chocolatier in the World ChocolateMasters(WCM). But the great milestone was competing in the final held these days in Paris, where pastry chefs from 18 countries competed.