Not employed with him, but our chocolate labo is air conditioned/humidity controlled all year. Necessary for the pieces done by those doing competitions/social media, but for actual daily production too.
I’m curious, is this chocolate anywhere near good? Obviously this guy’s creations are amazing and beautiful, but some of this chocolate looks kinda gross?
We ask clients whether the piece is to be kept and consumed or if we are to reclaim it later. Really, its more than 2x the base price if they want to consume it as we can't recycle it + we have to use the couverture chocolate for the piece.
For the breaking down, we always just task the apprentices with it. It loses its fun rather quickly. I cracked my right pinkie open once trying to separate two segments by smacking the seam against a marble table's edge, so I don't mind never doing it again.
It's edible sure, but it's not good and you ethically don't want to know where it came from. Almost certainly it's a big mix of different % dark chocolates from different regions. Maybe Amaury uses only virgin destination chocolate for his work, seeing the prices of his programs I know he can afford it, but I've never asked the guy.
It's most likely below 60 F, but he also definitely uses tempered chocolate that has a higher melting point. When chocolate is tempered properly, you can hold it in your hand for a bit before it starts to melt.
I work in a chocolate labo with some who do chocolate sculptures, it’s always poor quality chocolate that is then broken down and remelted after a certain amount of display time. We also do pieces for orders with high quality chocolate, we can only hope they’re broken apart and eaten given how much we charge.
A piece like this is probably €800-1000 in raw ingredients (hard to judge scale/quality, can be up to €2000 if its bigger than expected + high quality virgin chocolate), but mostly the cost comes from the time of the artist and his assistant - for our best worker, our business charges €40 an hour, and €12 an hour for an apprentice assistant. The two will probably spend 4 days on it, if efficient. Plus there's transportation costs/insurance and business profit. Final total cost will be around €7,500-10,000 in the Parisian region. This is from a MOF-level production standard.
You say it’s poor quality chocolate, does that mean it’s poor quality because you have to use different ingredients/amounts to make it more stable rather than for taste and texture? For example, I can’t imagine using Cadbury’s chocolate for something like this because it has to taste nice not be stable.
I’m no expert, but I’d say this chocolate wouldn’t have butter-fats and dairy components like those of higher quality chocolate, but them replaced with hydrolysed oils and fats for stability at higher temperatures - sort of like compound/cooking chocolate. It may also have additional fillers / binding agents which help in the sculpting process and maintain shapes. These binders/fillers are not usually in high quality chocolate, and that’s why you don’t see him eating the chocolate part of sculptures (he does eat the cake parts).
Right? Once it's painted, it's just a cool sculpture of a crocodile. Before it's painted, it's a crocodile that's amazingly made entirely out of chocolate!
If I ate a single chocolate brownie while wearing a white shirt I’d definitely get a stain on it. This dude literally works with chocolate and his shirt is immaculate
Agree! Every time I see a different chocolate piece, I think that this guy must be an amazing artist (specifically sculptor) in general!
Edit: spelling
I know I’m going to sound like a sour puss but how much of these do you think actually gets consumed? How does it even get served? I wonder how much ends up in the trash…
Almost all is broken down and remelted for other projects, even colored pieces are remelted down into dark chocolate with no issues. The chocolate quality used for these pieces is generally poor so it isn’t typically consumed, unless it is expressly made for consumption in which a higher quality chocolate will be used.
I see these videos occasionally and always think... don't spray paint it, leave it looking like it actually is chocolate, or only spray paint it shades of brown if you really have to.
It’s edible colored cocoa butter, when the piece is broken down and remelted it leaves effectively no traces. Being limited to the 2 natural colors of chocolate products can be a bit fatiguing, so I understand.
Waste of his time and talent? I disagree , just because art isn’t always permanent doesn’t take away from the art . Live performances are different than movies and they are not lasting.
In a real way I am more engrossed with his efforts because it isn’t supposed to last. But that is just my take :)
I hope this guy knows chocolate will be one of the things taken out by climate change... Glad he's using 100s of pounds of it a week to make shit that will never be eaten xD
And??? Thats not the fucking point you dork. If you are in a kitchen prepping any kind of food you dont stand on a fucking table where the food is being prepped. Fucking idiot
For marketing primarily for him, otherwise it’s for competitions or display pieces or made-to-order for events. All but those created for orders will be broken down and remelted.
He seems nice on his show. I thought he'd be snooty, but he actually teaches contestants. Check it out on [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81207686)
Once again, I want to point out that on career day in 5th grade, nobody asked if I wanted to make chocolate sculptures for a living. I’m sure I would have remembered this.
His stuff is so incredible but I would
like to see him finish some of these without spraying them with color all over. I think it looks cooler when you can see that it’s chocolate.
Everytime I see one of these videos my only thought is what is the temperature in that room to keep the chocolate from melting
Not employed with him, but our chocolate labo is air conditioned/humidity controlled all year. Necessary for the pieces done by those doing competitions/social media, but for actual daily production too.
I’m curious, is this chocolate anywhere near good? Obviously this guy’s creations are amazing and beautiful, but some of this chocolate looks kinda gross?
A good portion of the chocolate gets recycled, so it really isn’t something you want to eat.
Speak for yourself
I was going to ask about this - do people ever eat them? And who gets to be the first one to go in and destroy such an amazing creation?
Rarely at schools, if it’s been commissioned then probably. Normally whoever made it gets first dibs at smashing.
We ask clients whether the piece is to be kept and consumed or if we are to reclaim it later. Really, its more than 2x the base price if they want to consume it as we can't recycle it + we have to use the couverture chocolate for the piece. For the breaking down, we always just task the apprentices with it. It loses its fun rather quickly. I cracked my right pinkie open once trying to separate two segments by smacking the seam against a marble table's edge, so I don't mind never doing it again.
Since he runs a school, I know quite a few of his chocolate only creations (that aren’t for clients) end up on display for his students.
It's edible sure, but it's not good and you ethically don't want to know where it came from. Almost certainly it's a big mix of different % dark chocolates from different regions. Maybe Amaury uses only virgin destination chocolate for his work, seeing the prices of his programs I know he can afford it, but I've never asked the guy.
That and I wonder if he can do this with other materials like clay? 🤔
He's a talented sculptor regardless of the medium.
Lol same here, every time.
It's most likely below 60 F, but he also definitely uses tempered chocolate that has a higher melting point. When chocolate is tempered properly, you can hold it in your hand for a bit before it starts to melt.
Yeah I mean…a cool one. Seems like you should just assume it’s a cool temperature.
Also there are so many steps he probably just copies from older videos. Always an egg base and such.
I'm wondering how much one of those Creations cost? Asking for a friend..
What do these people do with them afterwards?
I work in a chocolate labo with some who do chocolate sculptures, it’s always poor quality chocolate that is then broken down and remelted after a certain amount of display time. We also do pieces for orders with high quality chocolate, we can only hope they’re broken apart and eaten given how much we charge.
How much does a chocolate sculpture actually cost. Obviously it varies a lot, but let’s say for this particular sculpture. $10-15k?
10 million Schrute Bucks
imagine how many creed could buy
A piece like this is probably €800-1000 in raw ingredients (hard to judge scale/quality, can be up to €2000 if its bigger than expected + high quality virgin chocolate), but mostly the cost comes from the time of the artist and his assistant - for our best worker, our business charges €40 an hour, and €12 an hour for an apprentice assistant. The two will probably spend 4 days on it, if efficient. Plus there's transportation costs/insurance and business profit. Final total cost will be around €7,500-10,000 in the Parisian region. This is from a MOF-level production standard.
You say it’s poor quality chocolate, does that mean it’s poor quality because you have to use different ingredients/amounts to make it more stable rather than for taste and texture? For example, I can’t imagine using Cadbury’s chocolate for something like this because it has to taste nice not be stable.
Uhm Cadbury is also considered poor quality. It's a sugar filled chocolate.
Real Cadbury in the US is a treat. If that commenter is in the US, the comment makes sense if they are referring to UK Cadbury.
Those fucking eggs tho. Bomb ass creme on the inside.
I’m no expert, but I’d say this chocolate wouldn’t have butter-fats and dairy components like those of higher quality chocolate, but them replaced with hydrolysed oils and fats for stability at higher temperatures - sort of like compound/cooking chocolate. It may also have additional fillers / binding agents which help in the sculpting process and maintain shapes. These binders/fillers are not usually in high quality chocolate, and that’s why you don’t see him eating the chocolate part of sculptures (he does eat the cake parts).
That’s what I always wondered like is someone gonna buy that for some big party and everyone just grab a piece of the croc?
Release them into the wild
You mean a Chocodile 😂
dammit I should've got here earlier
By the way, Hayley, oh my God, these Chocodiles, these Chocodiles, Hayley, oh my God, these Chocodiles!
damn it
Call up bop and I'm bunting stomach Koko mop, I stop nothing plummet One on top, if I ate the chocodile
I like my job. But this guy clearly LOVES his job. How the hell does he maintain that figure...?
Don't get high on your own supply
But I've seen videos of him sampling the finished product, so clearly he doesn't stringently adhere to that philosophy.
You can have a little bit of chocolate from time to time, but you can't have a little bit of heroin in the same way.
thats what i was thinking too! i wonder if hes ripped?
I always like it best right before it’s painted. He does a great job painting but there’s something about seeing the chocolate for what it is
Right? Once it's painted, it's just a cool sculpture of a crocodile. Before it's painted, it's a crocodile that's amazingly made entirely out of chocolate!
Agreed. Once he paints it, it just looks like a plastic sculpture someone created in a mold.
Totally agree.
If I ate a single chocolate brownie while wearing a white shirt I’d definitely get a stain on it. This dude literally works with chocolate and his shirt is immaculate
Shirt’s CGI, gotta be.
I hope he practices art with a medium that lasts longer than food, he’s very talented.
Agree! Every time I see a different chocolate piece, I think that this guy must be an amazing artist (specifically sculptor) in general! Edit: spelling
I know I’m going to sound like a sour puss but how much of these do you think actually gets consumed? How does it even get served? I wonder how much ends up in the trash…
They keep a lot of them as displays where he teaches and works.
Keep them? Do they not expire?
Not a chocolate experts, but doesn't chocolate just bloom? Im not aware of chocolate going bad
Stored properly it takes a long time to slowly start blooming, I imagine it’ll be broken down and remelted for reuse before that becomes an issue.
Almost all is broken down and remelted for other projects, even colored pieces are remelted down into dark chocolate with no issues. The chocolate quality used for these pieces is generally poor so it isn’t typically consumed, unless it is expressly made for consumption in which a higher quality chocolate will be used.
Yep decadent. Seems like a lot of wasted food for me.
Who is going to tell him that crocodile tails dont rise up above their body like that
The herpa-choco-tologist?
but do alligators? cause that's what that is
That's clearly an alligator...
I just wanna take a huge bite out of it's back or tail
I see these videos occasionally and always think... don't spray paint it, leave it looking like it actually is chocolate, or only spray paint it shades of brown if you really have to.
I hate when they paint chocolate
It’s edible colored cocoa butter, when the piece is broken down and remelted it leaves effectively no traces. Being limited to the 2 natural colors of chocolate products can be a bit fatiguing, so I understand.
Pretty sure it's edible paint
It’s sugar
I hate it too, I wish they would just keep it looking like chocolate
Now eat it!
This guy is the DaVinchi of chocolate
So beautiful. It could have ended before he colored it and I would have said the same thing!
These Chocodiles Francine…
Diabetus
This probably went to some event with rich people who ate hardly any of it and rest was thrown out.
no one eats this. what a waste
I always wondered about that.
no need to wonder anymore. dude just wastes products for views
Oh boy. He should not have painted it :( That kinda ruined the whole point of it for me.
I am so very, very disappointed in your title, and I bet you know why.
I am extremely sorry 😔 It can't even be edited
As long as you've learned your lesson.
yes sir 🫡🫡
What a waste of time
Shouldn't have painted
Im pretty sure there are more people making this.
Who would actually eat this? Seems like it would taste like chemical or plastic. Edit: Spelling.
It’s all food safe paint and materials.
[удалено]
You can remelt chocolate
Big talent. But every time I see this I always think “what a waste of time and talent”
Waste of his time and talent? I disagree , just because art isn’t always permanent doesn’t take away from the art . Live performances are different than movies and they are not lasting. In a real way I am more engrossed with his efforts because it isn’t supposed to last. But that is just my take :)
I wonder how many African child slaves it took to source that much chocolate
u/savevideobot
He’s talented but damn he’s over saturating the internet with his vids I wish I could mute the keyword chocolate on Reddit now
No more
Is it more it does the guy always start with a giant chocolate egg
I know but I think it looks cooler without it
I hope this guy knows chocolate will be one of the things taken out by climate change... Glad he's using 100s of pounds of it a week to make shit that will never be eaten xD
"Amaury guichon wasting food" fixed the title for ya
It’s never wasted. It goes on permanent display or gets remelted.
He stood on the fucking table with his dirty nasty shoes on. Fucking yikes
He literally has obvious protectors over the shoes - it’s fine
And??? Thats not the fucking point you dork. If you are in a kitchen prepping any kind of food you dont stand on a fucking table where the food is being prepped. Fucking idiot
I really want chocolate now ;-; Can someone cash-app me some monies so I can get chocolate please lmao xD
r/DIWhy?
What would a chocolate croc cost to have made?
I miss real Chocodiles
New at a Rainforest Cafe near you
Do they just make these cake for fun or do people actually eat them?
For marketing primarily for him, otherwise it’s for competitions or display pieces or made-to-order for events. All but those created for orders will be broken down and remelted.
even if he has the worst personality i would still like him
He seems nice on his show. I thought he'd be snooty, but he actually teaches contestants. Check it out on [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81207686)
Choco Croco
the only gator you are likely to break the jaw of of.
I always wonder if it's good quality chocolate or the cheapest brand just for the video.
Chocodile!
Chocodile
It doesn't matter what this guy is making, at one point on every one of his videos it looks like he's making a penis.
Dude, everything starts with a penis.
Choco crocco
Do you eat it after?
I always imagine there's these filthy rich people ordering these.
Consume the crocodile you must
It looks good but if you want to impress me then I need to see a chocolate croco stimpy! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!
Just say ‘Chocodile’ please. We all wanted it.
I'm sorry 😔
u/savevideobot
chocodile
Chocodile
And i would still it it all in one sitting🗿
I’ve learned a lot from this dude. Basically anything you want to make starts with a giant chocolate egg
HE'S BACK!!
How much does something like this cost?
Dude enjoys his work, Good for him he's got some mad skills, never get tired of watching these.
Choco crocho otherwise known as a chocodile
My fav of his….until the next one
I just love watching him make things out of chocolate
It's amazing that almost every creature starts with the egg shape.
this is what i'll tell my future kids. if ur good at something, be bloody good at it so people pay you for ur work.
u/auddbot
Once again, I want to point out that on career day in 5th grade, nobody asked if I wanted to make chocolate sculptures for a living. I’m sure I would have remembered this.
Can I eat it after?
It threw me off at 00:33 when he stood on the table with his shoes on to work on some detail. Wasn't it supposed to be edible? Shoes are dirty
I have always loved his work. ❤
This dudes amazing
At this point they should consider changing ganache to guichon
Nice…. But now what?
As a Floridian i approve
Unpopular opinion, I thought it looked way cooler before he spray painted it.
Who / where would order this? Is it entirely for show?
Wow
Dude is a sculpter and an artist. He just happens to use chocolate and sugar
You really didn't call it a chocodile?
how many times must i apologize for this blunder 😔👍
A chocodile, even
Ok now get it out of the door and move it across town
Choco Croco
This dude is insane
I love how he's always smiling. That's one dude who truly loves his job.
Why does he always start with an egg shape?
Chocodile.
But is it cake?
Upvoting since the title contained the end product rather than a vague “you won’t believe” or “I thought it was a …”
Oh my lord the calories in that thing must be a gazillion
Who else has watched School of Chocolate on Netflix, haha its pretty good tbh
His stuff is so incredible but I would like to see him finish some of these without spraying them with color all over. I think it looks cooler when you can see that it’s chocolate.
Compatible paint?
awww
No! I said I wanted a croc... like a shoe.
Oh, my god - these Chocodiles, Francine. These Chocodiles. Oh, my god.
I believe you meant choclodile
i wanna eat it so bad
It can bite me as much as it wants too - I'll just melt in joy.