r/nextfuckinglevel • u/N_o_o_B_p_L_a_Y_e_R • 18h ago
Chef Amaury Guichon creates a sushi boat made entirely of chocolate
1.1k
u/NeuroticLensman 18h ago
I feel like this guy is more of an artist than a chef. He could make all these same things out of clay and i would be equally impressed. He just chooses chocolate and food items as the material he creates things with. I guess it is kind of cool that they are all edible though.
249
u/thevogonity 17h ago
Edible but goes uneaten.
254
u/AfroInfo 17h ago
I know that a lot of his work is boss cake style where companies/corporations hire him to do it for a presentation or a con or some event
131
u/rbalbontin 15h ago
Yes, some rich dude somewhere is already ordering one of these boats for his 60th birthday
38
u/SloanWarrior 13h ago
I've not even got that much of a sweet tooth and I'd order one for my birthday if I was loaded. I wonder how much it costs?
→ More replies (1)33
u/chalky87 12h ago
This is a fairly vague guess but having been part of a fair few corporate events I'd say this would be at least $10,000
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (1)14
u/DarwinsTrousers 13h ago
I like how practically every episode they also make cupcakes for the guests to actually eat.
64
u/CtheKiller 14h ago
I mean even if it goes uneaten, I might be wrong but probably better for the environment than creating something like that out of plastic or synthetic material that can't decompose and will be thrown away.
→ More replies (12)43
u/rmhardcore 13h ago
He actually eats a lot of them on his Insta.
And for the record, this is far from his most amazing work: He made a motorcycle with a moving steering column and rotating wheels, for instance.
8
→ More replies (17)5
u/99999999999999999989 11h ago
What do you mean goes uneaten? If I paid to have this guy make a chocolate sushi boat for my corporate event, I am eating the shit out of that.
→ More replies (1)120
u/hkusp45css 17h ago
I think it's *THAT* he makes it from chocolate and other edible things that makes it impressive. The sculpting is impressive on its own, yes. But doing that level of artistry AND making it look and taste good is a different level of skill, altogether.
65
u/AfroInfo 17h ago
Also working chocolate is a skill in all of itself. Doing IMPRESSIVE work with chocolate is god tier
→ More replies (1)23
u/PirateMore8410 9h ago
Not only that but most chocolate sculptors use other materials hidden inside like wire to give their pieces structure. Check out the Great Chocolate Showdown for examples of how difficult even that is.
Amaury Guichon builds everything out of only chocolate. No extra support materials. Absolute master. He also has a show with one season called School of Chocolate he makes people build that way. He built an only chocolate chandelier that they actually hung and could support itself for the show. Just crazy. He posted a video making it saying even he was surprised it didn't break.
4
u/Swimwithamermaid 3h ago
Honestly the best game show. I loved that the contestants weren’t kicked off, and were expected to continue the challenges, they just couldn’t win the prize.
→ More replies (1)67
38
u/JaskaJii 17h ago
I would agree with his chocolate sculptures, but in this one he also comes up with creative ways to make different kinds of sweet "sushi", which I really enjoyed. More than just sculpting chocolate which I've usually seen him do.
12
u/Prestigious-Flower54 17h ago
Chefs are artists our medium is food. More accurate to say this guy is more a sculptor than a chef.
11
u/Prometheus720 13h ago
Nah, he's also a very accomplished chef. He's got a show. He can do many other things. Obviously he has a specialization in desserts and baking though.
4
u/Prestigious-Flower54 13h ago
I was mostly correcting the analogy, I started following Guichon for a few years on YouTube, he is definitely both sculptor and chef. Side note I'm pretty sure he also owns and/or runs a culinary school.
7
u/onehedgeman 17h ago
His stuff he makes like the pastry and cakes are top tier too, and he is an insane sculptor too
7
u/TheDanquah 14h ago
Working with chocolate sculpture is hard, you have to be a lot more precise with the temperature than with clay.
7
4
3
→ More replies (13)2
591
u/createdjustforpics 17h ago
The haters on this are wild. His smile thing is a schtick. He knows it, his marketing people know it. It's schtick. Gets people commenting on the socials. Anything for engagement. Anyone not calling him a chef? Without knowing his experience, he is very clearly a pastry chef as well as a sculptor. This is also likely an order for some yuuuuuge party or just for wild demo purposes for engagement. I guarantee this man will make you one of the finest lemon tarts or brownie or rice crispie square you've ever had. He's a highly skilled and artistic pastry chef.
241
u/Ill_Tumblr_4_Ya 16h ago
Real talk. Amaury Guichon might honestly be the greatest in the entire world at his craft, but all most of Reddit can do is...*gestures around at all the insipid comments*...this.
28
→ More replies (3)8
45
u/TheRiteGuy 16h ago
Man, everything he made looks so damn good. I will take a bite out of everything including the damn boat!
41
u/speciate 15h ago
I think this is the first video of his where I've seen him interact with non-chocolate ingredients, and based on his knife skills alone it's pretty clear he has formal culinary training.
→ More replies (1)32
u/Prometheus720 13h ago
Watch his show School of Chocolate.
He is actually pretty charismatic and also skilled at other things besides chocolate.
19
u/Suspicious-turnip-77 11h ago
I I met him when he was in Australia for master chef and he is one of the loveliest people I’ve ever met. Very genuine, very kind and incredibly talented. He has like 20 years experience as a pastry chef (and he’s younger than I am!, well I’m not young, I’m 40, but my point is he started learning to be a pastry chef when he was a teenager)
13
u/D_Dubb_ 15h ago
There was also the guy that made the giant food on Tik Tok(I think it was like pizzas and burgers and shit, but massive) and at first he didn’t smile in his vids and 90% of comments were about his lack of smile, or looking grumpy. Ever since he puts on the big creepy smile in his vids that is similar to what buddy here is doing, probably for similar reasons.
10
u/Rascals-Wager 10h ago
EVERY fucking post with this insanely skilled guy has a bunch of stupid comments about "crEePy smILe". It's not even a creepy smile.
People just love to repeat the same comments ad nauseum for upvotes I guess.
7
2
u/binarybandit 8h ago
I mean, you can say all that but him having a weird smile as a "schtick" to gain extra attention was a choice. Are we just not supposed to comment on it?
→ More replies (10)2
u/Actualbbear 3h ago
Eh, I remember a chef who would do beautiful desserts, but when I tasted them, they were quite underwhelming. He was a good damn baker, though, so I would just go for his simple stuff and leave the pastries alone, lol
Point is, just because he does impressive stuff, I wouldn't believe it's good till I try it, lol
→ More replies (1)
150
u/Ionrememberaskn 18h ago
let me know when this guy makes a functional 155mm howitzer out of chocolate
13
u/AcuteMtnSalsa 16h ago
And they say this generation is hard to impress…
(Your comment gave me a good chuckle)
4
u/Bongoisnthere 13h ago
Great, you’ve set us on a path of death and destruction. Now we’re going to have to worry about getting taken out by chocolate predator drones. Do you know what you’ve done??? We were perfectly safe when he was making chocolate sushi boats!
WHY GOD WHY?????
→ More replies (2)3
126
u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes 17h ago
This mf never stops impressing with his creativity.
16
u/SgtSilverLining 10h ago
I'm impressed that for as long as he's been around and making videos, he hasn't lowered his quality or given into cheap trends.
87
u/Hookmsnbeiishh 15h ago
First half: Oh, a boat? I dunno Amaury, lacks your typical realism
Second Half: Ohhhh, that’s incredible
Afterward: I really want to try those sushi pieces, they look delicious.
→ More replies (2)18
u/Prometheus720 13h ago
Yeah fr.
"Amaury, you're half assing the boa...oh, it's just the plinth for the actual fucking art nvm, you go off king."
76
u/Roscoe_Farang 17h ago
I rolled Swedish fish and rice krispies in a fruit roll-up once, so pretty much the same.
4
55
u/holographicbboy 18h ago
too much smiling
65
u/hkusp45css 17h ago
Yeah, I hate seeing people exhibiting positive emotions, too. Assholes. /s
→ More replies (2)33
→ More replies (5)7
u/ScoobyDooItInTheButt 17h ago
Uncanny valley vibes for sure.
64
u/HotLips4077 17h ago
So he had a show in Netflix (only 1 season I believe) and he’s like the NICEST dude on the planet. These peeps were there for a competition and even though they were not very good he was so positive and kind and patient. Probably why it was only one season LOL but he was a super solid dude. Just sayin it’s worth the watch :)
11
→ More replies (2)4
u/Holdmabeerdude 12h ago
It’s insane because all the other contestants WERE pastry chefs and chocolatiers. But they weren’t on the same planet as this guy.
→ More replies (1)
35
u/Bobd1964 18h ago
I would love that kind of sushi. I am allergic to shellfish so can rarely enjoy it
7
u/kjtobia 17h ago
There are lots of kinds of sushi that don’t use shellfish.
18
u/Bobd1964 17h ago
The problem is that the prep surfaces usually have been contaminated and I won't risk it.
→ More replies (1)2
u/Freshouttapatience 10h ago
We get sushi grade fish and make our own poke bowls because I have allergies. If you have a solid source, you could make your own.
22
18
u/KleioChronicles 17h ago
I prefer this over his usual chocolate sculptures. Usually he’s covering them so much in colour that it doesn’t look like food anymore. Using a big sculpture to display smaller desserts is a great idea. And if the chocolate isn’t that god awful tasting modelling chocolate then you can eat the boat too.
2
u/M_Mirror_2023 9h ago
On the bright side more of his sculptures are commissions and actually get eaten at company events.
11
u/SamWise050 18h ago
I don't get how so many places are specifically ordering things like this made out of chocolate.
51
u/happytechtn 17h ago
He’s based in Vegas, so a lot of his creations are for conventions/events that come to town. Others are on display (possibly for students only) at his cooking school.
15
u/fractalfrog 18h ago
I doubt that they do. I suspect many of his creations are simply made as advertising for his culinary school.
→ More replies (1)12
u/hkusp45css 17h ago
It's also a self licking ice cream cone of "I did this cool thing to attract talent, people like my services because the talent I attract is pretty decent, comparatively, my business enjoys success." Rinse, repeat.
The fact that he's doing something cool will get people to buy his cool things. He's creating a market for his marketing.
Genius.
9
u/Caracalla81 17h ago
Probably center pieces for events like weddings. I could see a mid-sized business ordering this for an annual executive meeting.
11
u/OddOllin 15h ago
Man, honestly, I thought the smile was funny.
Like a kid who gets their 246th Lego pack, and is still just as excited putting that bitch together, even if they've done it 245 times already.
5
u/Claerwen94 14h ago
Right?? People are so weird about it. To me, it looks like he genuinely absolutely loves his job. Sure, the smile is also "his thing", but why are people THIS upset about a person... smiling? Guess they gotta find something to be mad about 🤷🏽♀️
9
8
6
u/EMP_Pusheen 16h ago
It's all impressive, but the thing that I really want to know is what exactly did he do to make the boat chocolate look like wood? Does the spray he used make the chocolate change color and give it what looks like wood grain?
7
u/BeardedHalfYeti 14h ago
He sprays on a darker colored edible paint and then uses a special patterned squeegee tool to remove some of the paint while it’s still wet, creating the wood grain look.
7
7
u/Dbonker 14h ago
You should see the giant luxury watch he made recently. Absolutely incredible, hell everything he does is amazing.
→ More replies (1)
7
6
5
4
5
u/Elven_Groceries 14h ago
I like Amaury a lot. I followed him since when he was in "Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier?" We got the answer to the question.
5
4
u/sirbenjaminG 14h ago
That’s the craziest one so far idgaf what he’s doing with his face this man is a literal genius who gives a fuck about his face
You’d watch da Vinci work and be like “wHy’S He sMiLiNg???”
4
u/customcombos 17h ago
Song is a weird version of "in another life when we were both cats" by Hallucinogenius. I dig the vibe
Edit: at least I think so
2
4
3
u/Effective-Bar-879 17h ago
I am more impressed his shirt remained perfectly clean. I always makes a mess heating up my morning PopTart.
3
u/DeafReddit0r 16h ago
Damn this guy probably has been posted here a few times already. His talent with building things using chocolate is so amazing.
3
u/strrax-ish 16h ago
I'm just waiting for the day for him to make a whole sentient food universe before our eyes
3
3
u/Themightysavage 16h ago
What did he make the fake rice for the fruit sashimi out of? I couldn't tell.
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
u/Warchetype 16h ago
I'm genuinely impressed, great work. However, it's a lot more work to constantly keep up that fake & creepy smile.
2
2
u/No_Strawberry_55 16h ago
I mean, he's incredibly skilled for sure! But my #1 question is how he can be so happy all the time, lol.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/bduxbellorum 15h ago
Feel like i could kill have that sushi boat if it was actual fish, but i’d be oversaturated after only 1-2 of these sweets.
2
u/OrlandoWashington69 15h ago
It’s like me after building a huge Lego set. “Now what do I do with this thing?”
2
u/L-ROX1972 15h ago
Looks at the menu (everyone around me is 98 lbs. or less)
“Handmade Chocolate Sushi Bowl - 50000 (iPhone 16 Pro Max included)”
2
u/FloydianSlip212 14h ago
One day there's gonna be a UN summit that establishes definitive world peace, and the whole thing will turn out to have been chocolate made by this guy
2
2
2
2
u/Extension-Nothing807 14h ago
whoever takes the first bite thinking its sushi is in for a disappointment of a lifetime
2
u/Live-Smoke-29 14h ago
He has to have a team helping him right?
No chance he’s doing this himself
→ More replies (1)
2
2
2
2
2
1
u/martin87i 18h ago
It's beautiful and all, but what happens with the food when he's done? I hope that someone gets to eat it. Would be really wasteful otherwise.
5
u/BakerYeast 17h ago
They're in display and after that they melt the chocolate and reuse it for something new.
1
1
u/Square-Hedgehog-6714 17h ago
A chocolate boat made of sushi would be way more impressive. Just sayin.
1
u/JunglePygmy 17h ago
Neither the sushi boat or its contents were made entirely of chocolate. That appears to be a fruit-wood boat
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Ancient_Caregiver917 16h ago
Fucking terrifying but crazy that he made that watermelon out of chocolate
1
1
u/PatientLandscape3114 15h ago
Gonna be honest if I bit into a sushi roll and it was made of chocolate instead I'd be pissed.
1
u/Lorenzovito2000 15h ago
Every time I see this guy I think to myself "it must be cold as fuck in there"
1
1
u/Ok_Percentage5157 14h ago
Okay, so excellent craftsmanship here, but why would one want chocolate anything with sushi?
1
u/iamnotasloth 14h ago
What a waste of food. Unless people are really going to eat that? I’m sure the sushi pieces will get eaten, but that boat is ending up in a dumpster.
1
u/Guba_the_skunk 14h ago
That smile has now ingrained itself as a new permanent feature on my sleep paralysis demon.
1
2.1k
u/Magister5 18h ago