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Amaury Guichon (born 15 March 1991) is a Swiss-French pastry chef. He is known for his pastry designs and chocolate sculptures.

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Amaury Guichon
Born	(1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 31)
Spouse(s)	Fiona Bergson ​ (m. 2020)​
Culinary career
Cooking style	Pastry
Television show(s) Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier? School of Chocolate

Early life and training

Guichon was born to a Swiss mother and a French father and grew up on the Haute-Savoie–Romandy border near Geneva. He has an older brother.[1] In 2005 at the age of 14, he began his culinary training at the École Hôtelière Savoie Leman in Thonon-les-Bains and participating in local competitions. He perfected his pastry making through a job at the Wolfisberg bakery in Geneva.[2][3]

He took up an apprenticeship at the Maison Lenôtre in Paris. In 2010, he was awarded the title of Best Apprentice in France, by the council of the MOF association.[4]

Career

After completing his training, Guichon was hired to run the Lenôtre boutique and school back in Cannes. He later returned to Paris to work as an executive pastry chef at the Hugo & Victor patisserie and chocolate shop; he reached the level of executive chef by the age of 21.[5]

Guichon was a contestant on the France 2 reality cooking series Who will be the next best pastry chef? (French: Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier?) in 2013. Guichon placed third in the competition.[6]

Guichon moved to the United States in 2014 upon receiving an invitation from Jean-Philippe Maury to work at the Las Vegas branch of his Patisserie, with shops in the Aria Resort and Casino and Bellagio. He worked as a private consultant and conducted masterclasses, leading Guichon to eventually co-found the Pastry Academy with Belgian chef Michel Ernots in the city of Las Vegas in 2019.[7][3]

In 2016, Guichon began to post his desserts and chocolate creations on social media. He has gained over 12 million followers on TikTok and 9 million on Instagram.[8][9]

Guichon's debut dessert cooking book The Art of flavor was published on 13 December 2018.[10]

It was announced in August 2021 that Guichon would host School of Chocolate on Netflix, a competition in which contestants construct chocolate sculptures with Guichon both guiding them and judging the final result.[11] The 8-episode reality series premiered on the platform internationally on 26 November 2021.[12]

Bibliography

• Guichon, Amaury (2018). Art of Flavor. Les Éditions Umami. ISBN 9781472141477.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier?	Himself – Contestant
2021	School of Chocolate	Himself – Host

Accolades

• Apprentice Chocolate Showpiece Contest – 1st (2007 - 2009)
• Medalla de Oro (best apprentice) (2010)
• Délices de la Méditerranée – 1st (2012)[13]
• Qui Sera le Prochain Grand Pâtissier? – 3rd (2013)

Reference

External links

• Amaury Guichon at IMDb

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