Cédric Grolet (born 28 August 1985, Firminy, France) is a French pastry chef. He is the executive pastry chef at

Le Meurice Le Meurice () is a Brunei-owned five-star luxury hotel in the 1st arrondissement of Paris opposite the Tuileries Garden, between Place de la Concorde and the Musée du Louvre on the Rue de Rivoli. From the Rue de Rivoli, it stretches to the Rue ...

, in Paris, part of the

Dorchester Collection Dorchester Collection is a luxury hotel operator owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA), an arm of the Ministry of Finance of Brunei. Dorchester Collection owns and manages nine luxury five star hotels: The Dorchester (London), The Beverly H ...

. Grolet's pastries focus on fruits and the reinterpretation of traditional French desserts. He is known for creating desserts that have a likeness to the fruits from which they're made. In order to achieve this effect, Grolet molds a thin shell of white chocolate and airbrushes it to replicate the appearance and texture of fruits such as lemons, apples, and figs. Grolet is also the author of ''Fruits'', a cookbook that explores his fruit-based desserts. In March 2018, he opened his first pastry shop within Le Meurice in Paris. Grolet opened a second shop
Cedric Grolet Opéra
in Paris (2019), a third shop in London
Cedric Grolet at The Berkeley
(2022), and recently, a fourth shop in Singapore. In 2022, Cédric appeared o
PastryClass
with his first-ever online class, where he teaches Fruits, Nuts, Flowers.

Background

At age 21, Cédric moved to Paris to work at Fauchon, a French gourmet food producer. In 2011, after working at Fauchon for six years and training under Christophe Adam, he joined the team at the luxury hotel

. In 2013, he was named the executive pastry chef at

Awards

* 2015, Best Pastry Chef of the Year, Le Chef Magazine * 2016, Relais Desserts Award for Best Pastry Chef * 2017, Omnivore Pastry Award * 2017, World Best Pastry Chef, "Les Grandes Tables du Monde" * 2018, Best Pastry Chef, Gault&Millau * 2018, Best Pastry Chef, The World's 50 Best Restaurants

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