If you can’t eat dessert, the next best thing might be to watch a dessert-themed gala. “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” brings the dessert right to your living room. The documentary follows celebrity chef Yotam Ottolenghi as he recruits A-list pastry chefs to put on a Versailles-themed gala of food at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” features chefs such as the James Beard Award-winning baker Dominique Ansel, “sensory magicians” Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, Janice Wong, a two-time winner of Asia’s Best Pastry Chef, and more.
The documentary is directed by Laura Gabbert (“Sunset Story”). Take a look at the official summary for “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” below:
Via London, Versailles, and Instagram, OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES follows famous chef Yotam Ottolenghi on his quest to bring the sumptuous art and decadence of Versailles to life in cake form at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He assembles a team-a veritable who’s who of the dessert world, including Dominique Ansel and Dinara Kasko-to help bring his vision to life. The pastry chefs create a true feast of Versailles complete with a cocktail whirlpool and posh jello shots, architectural mousse cakes, chocolate sculptures, swan pastries, and an edible garden. Ottolenghi acts as our guide throughout, disassembling pastries to give us the history of ingredients that we now take for granted, like sugar and chocolate. From acclaimed filmmaker Laura Gabbert (CITY OF GOLD, SUNSET STORY), OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES perfectly captures the heights of human achievement and the frailty of decadence, adding taste as one more sense with which to experience the Met.
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“Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” opens in select theaters and on VOD on September 25. Take a look at the new trailer below: