Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Most expensive chocolate truffle: Alain Roby breaks Guinness World Records record

GENEVA, IL, USA -- In honor of National Chocolate Dayon Oct. 28, the All Chocolate Kitchenstore in Geneva is offering a giant 4 lb. truffle made with grand cru Creole chocolate, filled with ganache and gilded with 24-karat gold dust; priced at $3,000, it comes with a bottle of Dom Perignon, setting the new world record for the Most expensive chocolate truffle, according to the World Record Academy .

  Photo: In honor of National Chocolate Day on Oct. 28, the All Chocolate Kitchen store in Geneva is offering a giant 4 lb. truffle made with grand cru Creole chocolate, filled with ganache and gilded with 24-karat gold dust. Priced at $3,000 it sets the world record for the Most expensive chocolate truffle. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the largest chocolate truffle weighted 802 Kg (1,768 lb 11 oz) and was achieved by Mirco Della Vecchia, Andrea Andrighetti, Rimini Fiera, Fabbri 1905, Icam and Martellato (all Italy) at the Sigep Fair in Rimini, Italy on 21 January 2012. The chocolate truffle measured 1 m in height with a circumference of 50 cm long.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest truffle cake; it is 1,041 kg (2,295 lb) and was made by the Asociacion de pasteleros de Burgos to celebrate the centenary of CAJA CIRCULO in Plaza España, Burgos, Spain, on 19 March 2009.

   In honor of National Chocolate Day on Oct. 28, the All Chocolate Kitchen store in Geneva is offering a giant 4 lb. truffle made with grand cru Creole chocolate, filled with ganache and gilded with 24-karat gold dust.

    It also comes with a bottle of Dom Perignon.

    It's the creation of chocolate wizard/pastry chef Alain Roby of the All Chocolate Kitchen in Geneva as a National Chocolate Day promotion.

    Truffles must be pre-ordered and can be picked up at the shop. The shop will ship a limited quantity but shipping starts at $300.

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