Who is Netflix’s School of Chocolate host, Amaury Guichon? The charming French pastry chef is the most-followed chocolatier on Instagram and creates stunning edible art in the new reality series
- The 30-year-old French chocolate artist is married to talented photographer Fiona Guichon, who often snaps stunning photos of his masterpieces for social media
- Guichon shares his recipes in his book The Art of Flavour, and he’s travelled across Europe and Asia to teach classes on how to create chocolate sculptures
Netflix’s reality series, School of Chocolate, offers a refreshing take on culinary competitions – and has a charming and talented host to boot.
Amaury Guichon, 30-year-old French chocolate artist, has become the most-followed pastry chef on social media and is world-famous for his fascinating works of edible art sculpted from chocolate.
School of Chocolate, as the show’s title suggests, is more like a school than a cutthroat competition. The participants, who are chefs, entrepreneurs, instructors and restaurant owners in their own right, come in as “students” who are keen to unlearn what they’ve become used to and to relearn new tips and tricks from Guichon.
The best part? No one gets eliminated. Instead, throughout the challenges, the superstar chocolatier patiently schools contestants through with positive reinforcement and constructive criticism, offers help when asked for, and is generous with his knowledge.
If you’re wondering how Guichon turned out to be the pastry genius that he is today, we’ve dug up a few fun facts on him below.
He landed in the kitchen at an early age
Guichon spent most of his childhood in the Haute-Savoie region of France, and at the young age of 14, he already had an inkling that the traditional school curriculum wasn’t for him and so he left for vocational school, according to About Her.
He studied cooking for two years at France’s Thonon-les-Bains, but was eventually lured to follow his true passion – pastries – and so he went off to Geneva, Switzerland for a two-year apprenticeship to hone his craft. He then took a two-year curriculum of advanced pastry skills at the Maison Lenôtre in Paris, France.
School of Chocolate isn’t his first TV appearance or reality show
