Monday, April 14, 2008

The Making of the Dragon...


From this...

Imagine a sculpture 4 feet high, made of solid sugar, melted and moulded into this magnificent piece of sugar art...

This is the sugar artwork of Chef Patrick Siau, a lecturer at the Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism. Combining the characteristics and elements of a Western and Chinese 'dragon', this work of art will be exhibited at the Food & Hotel Asia Competition in Singapore. This competition will witness chefs from around the region pit for the award of 'Best Sugar Art' Category.



to this??

Sugar art is a form of culinary skill where raw sugar is boiled to liquid form at a high temperature of 170 degrees. The formation of the sculpture is done by delicately moulding the bits and pieces into place.

This is no easy task according to Chef Patrick; it took him and his students a week to put together the pieces of this 'dragon', and this is all part of the practice before the actual competition.


Chef Patrick Siau in action...
If you want to take a peek at this incredible piece of art, the sculpture is currently on display at the Pastry Kitchen at the Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism.

Just be reminded that the sculpture is pretty fragile...

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