Sylvain Bortolini
USA
Won the 2007 Mexican Pastry Championship for his sugar work and chocolate sculpture.
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Some mouthwatering highlights from this morning's sessions: hand dipped pralines created by Claudia Schmid, Damien Deslandes, Francisco Somoza, Jana Ristau, John Costello, Luis Robledo, Palle Sorensen, Sylvain Bortolini and Yoshiaki Uezaki! Yummie!! Wish we were the jury...
- Personal Movie
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18 Oct. 19:31
Unloading, unloading! They've arrived... -
19 Oct. 10:13
The opening of the competition -
19 Oct. 11:41
Beautiful sculptures and risky business -
19 Oct. 10:29
Japanese winner of 2009 Shigeo Hirai starts the competition -
19 Oct. 13:22
Amazing balancing act from the USA -
19 Oct. 15:55
The most beautiful moments from this morning: showpiece time for group 1! -
20 Oct. 09:39
Jacquy Pfeiffer announces the start of Day2 -
20 Oct. 11:39
Mouthwatering images from the contestants of group 1... preparing for the first tastings -
20 Oct. 14:18
Delicous chocolates coming their way to the jury! -
20 Oct. 16:20
A great parade of the most stunning pastries -
21 Oct. 18:21
Some amazing highlights from the entire competition -
20 Oct. 18:27
Desserts made by 10 of the world's greatest chocolate talents -
20 Oct. 18:48
The fall of the Bortolini's (USA) necklace -
20 Oct. 20:27
At the end of the day: the moulded pralines, mini masterpieces in chocolate -
20 Oct. 21:11
In the honour of Quetzalcoatl: stunning necklaces from Group 1 -
21 Oct. 18:34
A tribute to all contestants -
21 Oct. 18:46
An impression from the contestants' necklaces -
21 Oct. 19:53
The most remarkable moments seen through the eyes of the contestants and jury members