Sculptures made of chocolate
Pastry chef Amaury Guichon builds Dumbo, Bender the robot or a barrel of grapes entirely from chocolate, start to finish, in about a minute. No words needed.
What it is
The TikTok of French-Swiss pastry chef Amaury Guichon, one of the best-known food accounts anywhere: 28.5 million followers and more than 668 million likes. Every video is a transformation: chocolate slabs, molds and an airbrush turn into a sculpture. Recent pieces include Bender from Futurama, plus his bottle of "fuel", baby Dumbo, a barrel of "grapes" and a peanut. It's all chocolate. In 2022 his life-size chocolate giraffe was named by TikTok as one of its most viewed videos of the year.
Why we picked it
This is craft in its purest form: tempering, casting, assembling, painting, all at a pace that takes your breath away. There's no talking to follow: the videos are built on action and music, and the captions are a line of English at most, so anyone can watch. You see flat pieces become volume, texture and colour appear, and by the end of the minute it's hard to believe you're looking at chocolate.
New pieces arrive about once a week. These aren't recipes to try at home; it's more like a gallery where each sculpture is shown from first piece to final brushstroke.
Where to start
- Chocolate Bender, one of the most complex recent builds.
- Dumbo, sweet and extremely detailed.
- The barrel of grapes, a great example of chocolate imitating wood and fruit.
- The famous chocolate giraffe from 2022.
- Any fresh upload, since the format never stops being mesmerising.
Who it's for
Anyone who loves watching mastery. Pastry chefs and home bakers, for the techniques. Kids who'll recognise their favourite characters. Anyone who needs a minute of pure amazement.
Quick answers
Do I need to understand English? No, there's almost no speech and the captions are short.
Are the sculptures really chocolate? Yes, that's the whole point of the account.
Can I make them at home? Unlikely: this is professional-level work, meant to inspire.
