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Contest “Dessert of the Year” Saulieu

« Dessert of the Year »Carol Duval-Leroy Trophey
Ladies first...

Honneur aux dames...

The fifth edition of this pastry contest for professionals crowned Lucile Darosey of the Relais Bernard Loiseau (***) at Seaulieu, for her “Raspberry Temptations in a crispy lace case and heart of pink berries icecream”, to be tasted with the Champagne Duval Leroy Semi-Dry.

The mission of the candidates was hard. They had to create a surprising and delicate tasting experience, matched with one of the four cuvées proposed by the House: Blanc de Noirs Femme de Champagne 1996, Blanc de Blancs mono-cru Clos des Bouveries 2004, Rosé dry or Duval-Leroy Semi-dry.
On Monday September 6th, the jury headed by Carol Duval-Leroy and gathered at the school Grégoire-Ferrandi in Paris, was fearsome: Philippe Faure-Brac, Olivier Poussier, Didier Bureau, Marc Haeberlin, Frédéric Anton... among others. Uncompromising, Frédéric Anton reckons that he demands as a main criterium “a perfect association between the dessert and the Champagne”. In this subjective domain it is difficult to win unanimous support: although Olivier Poussier is seduced by Lucile’s dessert, he would rather have suggested it with the Rosé Dry. Self confident, the young lady calmly argued: “The Rosé imposed itself, I prefered the Semi-dry, more full-bodied, to balance the pepper.” Six months ago, she did not know the Champagnes Duval-Leroy and worked hard during several weeks to make her dessert become has light has possible. She was right:

Les hommes n'ont qu'à bien se tenir :

Carol Duval-Leroy remet son diplôme et son trophée à Lucile Darosey.

Volontairement très féminines, les « Tentations de framboise en écrin
de dentelle craquante et coeur glacé aux baies roses »
se savourent avec la cuvée Duval-Leroy Demi-sec




“The lightness made the difference, Carol Duval-Leroy explains. With the eight finalists, the beautiful met the delicious, but sometimes the palate was saturated. But Lucile’s dessert made us want to finish eating it. And to ask for more with a second flute of Semi-Dry!” A greedy tribute also intended for the second and third places: Pierre-Alain Rouchon, 18 years only, student at the Lycée des Métiers Joseph Storck at Guebwiller, and Sébastien Nicolas, of the Restaurant du Hameau Albert 1er (**) at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

Hélène Piot