Giant chocolate tree built in France
Baku, December 3 (AZERTAC). A famous French chocolatier has prepared a giant chocolate Christmas tree in his laboratory near Paris that will be used to raise funds for a television charity event to support research into neuromuscular diseases. Skip related content
The ten-meter-high tree, towering inside chocolatier Patrick Roger`s chocolate factory in Sceaux, in the suburbs of Paris, weighs four tonnes and is a rare piece of `architecture`.
"To achieve this kind of architecture - because this really is a piece of architecture - we used a sort of cavity inside to make the chocolate solid enough, because there is very strong vertical pressure," Roger said.
The tree, which took Roger`s team one month to craft, will be a highlight at France`s Telethon, a nationwide charity event to support research into neuromuscular diseases. It will be broadcast on French television on December 3 and 4.
Participants will receive pieces of the tree in exchange for their donations.
Patrick Roger is one France`s most famous chocolatiers. He was named `Meilleur Ouvrier de France Chocolatier` (best French artisan-chocolatier) in 2000, an award for professionals combining art and taste and proving to be worthy representatives of French gastronomy.
Roger`s laboratory also features a wide range of other chocolate sculptures, including small Santas, reindeers and other figurines.
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