The Sugar Castle, displayed in the historic Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, took over 400 hours to create. Executive Pastry Chef Jean-Francios Houdre was inspired by European architecture and used a variety of tools for this construction, including X-Acto knives, glue guns, and rulers. The piece features a motorized base which allows the castle to slowly rotate. A hole in the base accommodates wires for the lights in the pulled-sugar-paned windows.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
The Sugar Castle
The Sugar Castle, displayed in the historic Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, took over 400 hours to create. Executive Pastry Chef Jean-Francios Houdre was inspired by European architecture and used a variety of tools for this construction, including X-Acto knives, glue guns, and rulers. The piece features a motorized base which allows the castle to slowly rotate. A hole in the base accommodates wires for the lights in the pulled-sugar-paned windows.
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This castle is amazing. The work that goes into such a project is astonishing. I have a post onmy blog where I have photos of another gingerbread castle. It is displayed at The Ritz Carlton in Boston. If you'd like to come on by, it's located at http://vintagesquirrel.blogspot.com/2008/12/gingerbread-castle.html
It is amazing. What patience to be able to do something as extraordinary as this.
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