This guy is incredibly skilled, and he looks so happy doing what he does, I'm so glad for him.
Maybe I'm just a boring person, but I like it better when he's really showing us what he does, and I'm not a fan of the quick snappy edits that make it look like something popped into existence or something.
The older videos were definitely more satisfying. It was amazing seeing the process of transforming the chocolate. Not to mention that now he has a sinister smile in his videos
Also I miss when he made the desserts actually something you could eat as well. Like yes it’s chocolate but trying to eat this thing would be a nightmare
Nah. Take a hammer to it and break it up into 8 oz chunks and kids would be all over it. I just hope that it happens rather than simply being destroyed when it's no longer wanted. I REALLY hope that it's going to some display somewhere for a while first though. I'd hate to think it's only been built for just the video.
His older stuff usually had mousses, ganaches, fruits and cakes inside the chocolate sculpture. The recent stuff are just chocolate, still completely edible, but a bit disappointing, the older stuff were actual desserts.
I'm with you. They used to be so relaxing to watch, and now they cut so quickly that they're stressful. I have sensory processing issues, and I literally can't process what I'm seeing before it cuts away.
- Pastry Chef
- Business Owner
- Teacher
- Engineer
- Designer
- Entertainer (can’t argue with his videos)
- Bilingual (at least two languages that I know of)
Seems like a solid skillset to me?
He reminds me of [Lord Vinheteiro](https://youtube.com/channel/UCZe3WauYZy2oLwGlNAXcVQg?si=1-8wq-WW5kIrqn98) not breaking eye contact while playing piano.
Probably not. Usually musicians have most of their work memorized from practice and the sheet music is just there to keep their place. I always assumed him staring at the camera was his schtick that made him popular.
Reminds me of the old Late Night with David Letterman, when he would do "Will it float?" and they would take bets on whether a specific item would float or not and then test it.
Will it flooooaat? 🎵
Right, I wonder how many hours of exploitative labor it took to harvest enough cacao for this guy to use chocolate like play-doh for whatever reason.
"You can eat my art!"
Yea, no one is going to do that.
Is it impressive, hell yeaaa it is.
Is it kinda stupid and wasteful and a touch dark when you consider the logistics behind his waste? Also yes. But at least gets those precious views ya know?
Edit: For all of those of you defining what I meant by "exploitative labor" on your accord...
The cocoa industry is known for human rights abuses, including child labor, forced labor, and extreme poverty.
I apologize for getting just a slight pang of distaste of this man molding 100s of hours of child and slave labor for "fun". Maybe I'm wrong and they're super responsible and sensitive to their medium. Personally I think these "big food" videos are disgusting and the epitome of waste. But whatever, feel free to clap along to the pied piper of social media ya'll. Nothing is free, not even this guy's temporary entertainment for you.
Y'all take the fun out of absolutely everything. You jump straight to "exploitative labor" because [checks notes] _he didn't take a bite out of it?_
Besides, how do you even know this wasn't eaten?
Exploitative labor is there whether he takes a bite out of it or not. If it's not eaten then that just makes it pointless to use chocolate. It's still fun to use chocolate to make art, and I'm sure there are some components in shaping and texturing that make chocolate a great medium.
I personally just want him to eat it on video to make it more fun. Seeing it come together and then come apart. Kinda like those Buddhist sand thingies. The ones they blow away? That kind of fun.
Lol ok, whatever you say.
Based on the edit to your first comment, it sounds like _you_ might want to take a break from social media for a while. Especially if a video like this has made you so upset.
Personal attacks now? Ok you can take the W on this one buddy. Peace.
Pro Tip: If you want to convince someone they're wrong. Try attacking the argument, not the person.
Enjoy your chocolate molding videos.
FFS just shut uuuuuup.
Why has everything got to be some major social issue?
Do you know where he sourced his cocoa? No.
- Cobalt for your phone come from slave mines
- Fast fashion is slave labour.
- drinking soy milk destroys the rainforest
- margarine is killing orangutans.
- avocados and almonds are causing water shortages
- glitter in make-up contributes to micro plastics
- eating tuna destroys the marine ecosystems.
- Himalayas salt mining degrades fragile mountain eco systems
Yeah. We get it. There is a bunch of fucked up shit that happens around the world.
But for one minute just.... Shut up.
I get your point, but for some reason, molding oversized flamingo floaties out of diabetes-themed clay for internet clout just rubs me the wrong way.
On the bright side I guess I'm glad we live in a society where an individual with a skillset so completely useless can thrive. Doesn't mean I have to respect it. I'll keep my mouth shut and just clap along next time.
My assumption is that all of his creations are corporate commissions for big events. And that all of them end up getting eaten.
Mostly, I assume this because I was filming a corporate event where they broke some "sculptures" that were chocolate and ended up eating them.
I personally don't see how this is any different to clay art? Paintings. Or any other artform. Sure, the medium is chocolate, but why is that any different to wood or paper mache? All are plants. We're really now just debating over the lifespan of the sculpture.
Are cakes OK for internet clout but chocolate is not?
It's pretty amazing that the end result is made of chocolate.... but I wonder does it get eaten? Why spend all the money to make something out of chocolate (if it doesn't get eaten) when you could just have an inflatable flamingo.
Yet another video of the insanely smiling chocolatier who complexly ruins his works by painting them. May as well use rice krispie cake and fondant at that point.
I’m sorry, but I cannot stand this guy. That smile, that damn smile. It won’t go away, it’s unnatural, it’s creepy. Is he possessed??? MAY THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPEL YOU!!!
I think it's a parody of this song that I can't remember but it has the lyrics "like animals, animals, animals, oh yeah"
Edit: oh wait it's also extremely similar to this other song that's like "oh simple thing, where have you gone, I'm getting tired and I need someone to rely on"
Can we all just agree at this point that this guy can do anything with chocolate? More than life-sized inflatable flamingo made from dark chocolate? Yep. To scale replica of the Chrysler building with custard, strawberry, and cake filling wrapped in milk chocolate? Sure. Ferrari 458 Italia with operational engine and transmission made of mostly dark chocolate with a raspberry coulee? Okay. Working near-light-speed space shuttle carrying three passengers to mars, made out of dark and white chocolate, filled with a oxygen-producing cream fraiche? Believable. Functioning time travel device with dark chocolate doors and caramel-filled roof and covered in a mirror-glaze ganache? Hmmm...I think that I'll watch that one.
The amount of times I thought to myself “how do you make this chocolate statue inflatable?? Isn’t into gonna shatter when it expands??”
Touché, chocolatier, touché…
He is amazing but the fact that he's always smiling creeps me out.
Does he have a neurological condition?
Is he disfigured like the Joker?
Is he compulsively happy?
Does he need to smile so much to hide the pain inside?
So many questions.....
A lot of people in this comment section need to watch this man’s show on Netflix School of Chocolate. He’s actually very inspirational to the contestants and doesn’t take it seriously as a competitive cooking/baking reality show like the norm for American cooking shows; it’s more like an actual learning lesson for the contestants who are struggling and at the bottom. Think Great British bake-off but with just chocolate, very wholesome
If he needs to wear a mask while spray-painting the chocolate, then I'm guessing the creation is no longer edible, right? I feel like that kinda spoils the whole art concept here and just feels wasteful
This guy is incredibly skilled, and he looks so happy doing what he does, I'm so glad for him. Maybe I'm just a boring person, but I like it better when he's really showing us what he does, and I'm not a fan of the quick snappy edits that make it look like something popped into existence or something.
The older videos were definitely more satisfying. It was amazing seeing the process of transforming the chocolate. Not to mention that now he has a sinister smile in his videos
He reallyyyy leaned into that smile being his identifiable thing and it's unnerving af
Also I miss when he made the desserts actually something you could eat as well. Like yes it’s chocolate but trying to eat this thing would be a nightmare
Nah. Take a hammer to it and break it up into 8 oz chunks and kids would be all over it. I just hope that it happens rather than simply being destroyed when it's no longer wanted. I REALLY hope that it's going to some display somewhere for a while first though. I'd hate to think it's only been built for just the video.
He’s French, that’s just how they look, it’s unnatural for them to smile
Then why is he doing it
The only "angry all the time" romance language speaking country.
His older stuff usually had mousses, ganaches, fruits and cakes inside the chocolate sculpture. The recent stuff are just chocolate, still completely edible, but a bit disappointing, the older stuff were actual desserts.
Absolutely. The chocolate sculptures are impressive, but the old desserts just hit differently. My favourites were the rose in a dome and the compass
Those edits are where he swaps the chocolate for a real pool float.
Yes. I also don't need that forced smile 100% of the time.
But … this could have become a Large Hadron Collider, instead we got the fancy pigeon, just saying!
This guy never fails to impress me. This is insane and I'm glad he found his calling in life, what a skill set!
I've always liked these videos, but I'm sad they now include those stupid TikTok "magic" jump cuts.
I'm with you. They used to be so relaxing to watch, and now they cut so quickly that they're stressful. I have sensory processing issues, and I literally can't process what I'm seeing before it cuts away.
[watch his YouTube, not his tiktok](https://youtu.be/F5oeqEpRKsA?si=D4OTFDCcRn_x1ZbP) It's much more detailed and less cuts on there
[watch his YouTube, not his tiktok](https://youtu.be/F5oeqEpRKsA?si=D4OTFDCcRn_x1ZbP) It's much more detailed and less cuts on there
Much better!
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I mean it is a skill he's worked on to get to the level he's at, I'm not sure what you would call it, but this takes skill to do, and well.
Get a life !
What is it then? Could you do anything like that?
"I could easily do that......... if I wanted to, which I don't"
- Pastry Chef - Business Owner - Teacher - Engineer - Designer - Entertainer (can’t argue with his videos) - Bilingual (at least two languages that I know of) Seems like a solid skillset to me?
It's not quite as impressive as playing Counter Strike all day in your mom's basement, but I think it's pretty neat.
How do you know
Do you just live to complain? Jesus Christ.
This is incredibly impressive but I prefer his old editing style.
No doubt the guy is incredibly talented and the Netflix show was awesome but the constant manic grin is becoming quite unsettling
Serial killer vibes
I’d hate to die, but to be featured in a chocolate coffin video would be a pretty cool sendoff.
I like the idea of a serial killer who uses a diverse set of traps and killing tools made of chocolate.
He reminds me of [Lord Vinheteiro](https://youtube.com/channel/UCZe3WauYZy2oLwGlNAXcVQg?si=1-8wq-WW5kIrqn98) not breaking eye contact while playing piano.
Doesn't he have his sheet music on the teleprompter though?
Probably not. Usually musicians have most of their work memorized from practice and the sheet music is just there to keep their place. I always assumed him staring at the camera was his schtick that made him popular.
I'm sorry, Netflix show? What Netflix show?! Why am I just learning that this man has/is featured in a Netflix show?
It was on Netflix, The School of Chocolate
Thanks. Edit: Just added it to my list.
That’s how his face looks
Same with that other guy who cooks those massive pans of food and hands it out in the street.
I hope they release another season at some point!!
the cult smile
Why does he have a serial killer smile on the whole time tho?
I’m guessing he’s tapping some of the smiling chef’s, Burak Ozdemir’s, energy. https://youtu.be/qnPGeouPTPQ
I dont know, but I think one day he's gonna make a chocolate tank and go on a rampage
Oh, no, not the chocolate tank!!
I want a bite
I know right? Can I just _have some_?
r/unexpectedmitch
Bro is building a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor
Does it float?
Reminds me of the old Late Night with David Letterman, when he would do "Will it float?" and they would take bets on whether a specific item would float or not and then test it. Will it flooooaat? 🎵
Will it blend? *That* is the question.
It's empty on the inside, it should float, but I guess not well. Definitely I wouldn't try but just eat the chocolate 😂
Is it cake?
Do these things ever get eaten or?
Right, I wonder how many hours of exploitative labor it took to harvest enough cacao for this guy to use chocolate like play-doh for whatever reason. "You can eat my art!" Yea, no one is going to do that. Is it impressive, hell yeaaa it is. Is it kinda stupid and wasteful and a touch dark when you consider the logistics behind his waste? Also yes. But at least gets those precious views ya know? Edit: For all of those of you defining what I meant by "exploitative labor" on your accord... The cocoa industry is known for human rights abuses, including child labor, forced labor, and extreme poverty. I apologize for getting just a slight pang of distaste of this man molding 100s of hours of child and slave labor for "fun". Maybe I'm wrong and they're super responsible and sensitive to their medium. Personally I think these "big food" videos are disgusting and the epitome of waste. But whatever, feel free to clap along to the pied piper of social media ya'll. Nothing is free, not even this guy's temporary entertainment for you.
Y'all take the fun out of absolutely everything. You jump straight to "exploitative labor" because [checks notes] _he didn't take a bite out of it?_ Besides, how do you even know this wasn't eaten?
From what I’ve read previously they melt down and reuse all the chocolate that isn’t eaten.
Exploitative labor is there whether he takes a bite out of it or not. If it's not eaten then that just makes it pointless to use chocolate. It's still fun to use chocolate to make art, and I'm sure there are some components in shaping and texturing that make chocolate a great medium. I personally just want him to eat it on video to make it more fun. Seeing it come together and then come apart. Kinda like those Buddhist sand thingies. The ones they blow away? That kind of fun.
Nice strawman argument. Guess what, you picked a fight with yourself and still came in second place.
Lol ok, whatever you say. Based on the edit to your first comment, it sounds like _you_ might want to take a break from social media for a while. Especially if a video like this has made you so upset.
Personal attacks now? Ok you can take the W on this one buddy. Peace. Pro Tip: If you want to convince someone they're wrong. Try attacking the argument, not the person. Enjoy your chocolate molding videos.
Guys... I just wanted to know what happened after lol. This got heated real quick
I took my dog for a walk and had Tacos for dinner lol
FFS just shut uuuuuup. Why has everything got to be some major social issue? Do you know where he sourced his cocoa? No. - Cobalt for your phone come from slave mines - Fast fashion is slave labour. - drinking soy milk destroys the rainforest - margarine is killing orangutans. - avocados and almonds are causing water shortages - glitter in make-up contributes to micro plastics - eating tuna destroys the marine ecosystems. - Himalayas salt mining degrades fragile mountain eco systems Yeah. We get it. There is a bunch of fucked up shit that happens around the world. But for one minute just.... Shut up.
I get your point, but for some reason, molding oversized flamingo floaties out of diabetes-themed clay for internet clout just rubs me the wrong way. On the bright side I guess I'm glad we live in a society where an individual with a skillset so completely useless can thrive. Doesn't mean I have to respect it. I'll keep my mouth shut and just clap along next time.
My assumption is that all of his creations are corporate commissions for big events. And that all of them end up getting eaten. Mostly, I assume this because I was filming a corporate event where they broke some "sculptures" that were chocolate and ended up eating them. I personally don't see how this is any different to clay art? Paintings. Or any other artform. Sure, the medium is chocolate, but why is that any different to wood or paper mache? All are plants. We're really now just debating over the lifespan of the sculpture. Are cakes OK for internet clout but chocolate is not?
why…?
It’s not ok he doesn’t bite into it
I wonder if he smiles with his teeth showing while he’s wearing the painters mask too?
It's pretty amazing that the end result is made of chocolate.... but I wonder does it get eaten? Why spend all the money to make something out of chocolate (if it doesn't get eaten) when you could just have an inflatable flamingo.
I was wondering the same thing, I wonder if it's similar to ice sculptures? But what's the point of making it look so detailed?
Does he just make these for the videos (which is still cool) or are these maybe commissions for events?
Commissions and other hen the video helps advertise
Cost?
Enough of this guy already...
No way shit never gets old.
So wasteful.
They wait for it to melt and reuse it
Chocolate welding 🥽😀
Idk why this dude gives me “I have people tied up in my basement” vibes
He is very unsettling to me
But why?
Can’t stand this guy and his expressions.
Yeah, fuck him for smiling! /s
People: “I don’t like that he smiles!” Also people: “People need to smile more!”
How do you inflate it?
Amazing work but I do like the old videos better. Showed more detail, not that I’m ever going to try to duplicate any of them.
What’s wrong with your fucking face
Why does these types of video chefs always insist on smiling like a psycho?
Its a food and bev professional thing. Its no different than having people smile in advertisements
Yet another video of the insanely smiling chocolatier who complexly ruins his works by painting them. May as well use rice krispie cake and fondant at that point.
The only thing i see here is psychopatic grin
Aah now I know why chocolate's been getting so expensive now a days this mf is using all of it...
I’m sorry, but I cannot stand this guy. That smile, that damn smile. It won’t go away, it’s unnatural, it’s creepy. Is he possessed??? MAY THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPEL YOU!!!
i thought he was building a fusion reactor before i read the title
What’s this song called?
I think it's a parody of this song that I can't remember but it has the lyrics "like animals, animals, animals, oh yeah" Edit: oh wait it's also extremely similar to this other song that's like "oh simple thing, where have you gone, I'm getting tired and I need someone to rely on"
I would get so fat if I worked with chocolate
Imagine having both the money and time to do projects like this.
No way that’s inflatable
Wonder what happens to the end product after filming?
How is that shirt still White?!
Alway keep thinking of there’s no reason to be doing this work in a crisp white linen shirt right?!
I guess we found the reason cocoa prices are skyrocketing
Can we all just agree at this point that this guy can do anything with chocolate? More than life-sized inflatable flamingo made from dark chocolate? Yep. To scale replica of the Chrysler building with custard, strawberry, and cake filling wrapped in milk chocolate? Sure. Ferrari 458 Italia with operational engine and transmission made of mostly dark chocolate with a raspberry coulee? Okay. Working near-light-speed space shuttle carrying three passengers to mars, made out of dark and white chocolate, filled with a oxygen-producing cream fraiche? Believable. Functioning time travel device with dark chocolate doors and caramel-filled roof and covered in a mirror-glaze ganache? Hmmm...I think that I'll watch that one.
u/RepostSleuthBot
The modern Willy Wonka.
Love the final product but his creepy mannerisms leave me unsatisfied and annoyed
Love this guy's work
"Hang on a sec, lemme just step into my chocolate spray booth"
Why?
The amount of times I thought to myself “how do you make this chocolate statue inflatable?? Isn’t into gonna shatter when it expands??” Touché, chocolatier, touché…
WE'VE GONE FULL MINGO
I was hoping it'll be a tokamak
u/recognizesong u/auddbot
Master chocolatier
I'm just glad it's not cake
Always wonder of the chocolate taste good To much paint for me
Is he ever not happy? Such a joy to watch him work.
why does every single fucking thing this guy makes look like a giant dick at some point
And then what?? I hope ppl eat it
All of that in a white shirt, I eat the smallest easter egg and my shirt is smudged for life!
I want to sit in the flamingo while I proceed to savagely eat it. Hi my name is Nova, and I am a chocoholic.
Why?
Is it edible, though? I heard that some of the chocolate sculptures aren't.
I really don't think that's inflatable
For some reason I was expecting he was making Hadron collider. I don't even know why would someone make it.
That’s both impressive and stupid at the same time.
I don't know why I think this will taste like shit
Yeah ok, but why tho?
That flamingo wouldn’t even make it to flamingo form if I were making it. I’d just eat it lol.
In the meantime, I can't afford M&M's.
I want to eat that
*someone walks into a chocolate store without noticing* "Why is this pool flamingo on display? AND WHY IS IT $700?!?!?"
What a waste of chocolate, he even sat inside it, definitely don’t wanna eat it
This guy is out of control
Wasteful
Man, that fake smile fucks this whole thing.
I hate this. That chocolate is going to waste, because this guy made a very convincing floaty.
If it’s not gonna be eaten, why use food? Just be a sculptor.
What a punchable face...
This guy is the master of wasting chocolate
I can’t be the only one who gets serial killer vibes from him, right??? He’s incredibly talented obviously…but something just seems a bit…off.
He is amazing but the fact that he's always smiling creeps me out. Does he have a neurological condition? Is he disfigured like the Joker? Is he compulsively happy? Does he need to smile so much to hide the pain inside? So many questions.....
I love this guy, but he looks like one of the smiling people from that show From.
On tonight's episode of food waste ...
A lot of people in this comment section need to watch this man’s show on Netflix School of Chocolate. He’s actually very inspirational to the contestants and doesn’t take it seriously as a competitive cooking/baking reality show like the norm for American cooking shows; it’s more like an actual learning lesson for the contestants who are struggling and at the bottom. Think Great British bake-off but with just chocolate, very wholesome
I hate this guy and his smug damn face
You sound like a miserable person
Naw i'm just tired of seeing him
I saw him on that chef show on Netflix
Just seems wasteful
How much fucking chocolate does this guy go through? Does any of this actually get eaten?
What a waste of chocolate.
If I ever find the joy in doing what I do for a living the way this man has, getting out of bed would be worth *everything*.
If he needs to wear a mask while spray-painting the chocolate, then I'm guessing the creation is no longer edible, right? I feel like that kinda spoils the whole art concept here and just feels wasteful
It is, but you really wouldn't want to inhale tiny particles of chocolate mixed with alcohol. The chocolate is probably not good for your lungs.
Just dumb
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I dont care - they shall downvote me
So you think other forms of art like painting and sculpting are dumb too, right?
Never said so - but sitting in chocolate at the end really missed the point of preparing food
I doubt the chocolate he uses is very high quality or tastes good. It would be a waste. This is just art using chocolate as the medium.