The Christmas Decorations at Ritz Paris

An enchanted décor gets us into the spirit of a magical, festive and gourmet holiday season. Make sure you say hello to the sparkling teddy bear at the entrance and move on to discover a whole lot of glamorous Christmas decorations in the legendary Parisian hotel!

The Christmas Chalet of Ritz Paris

A luxurious gourmet pop-up. A cheerful, cozy atmosphere, delicious gifts, Champagne and mulled wine: this holiday season, Place Vendôme welcomes the Ritz Paris Christmas Chalet. Epicurean gift sets of tea, honey and spreads have been composed especially for the occasion, along with signature scented candles in porcelain holders and emblematic gifts that will delight everyone on your list.

Starting December 6th, 2022,  the Christmas Chalet at the Ritz Paris is also the perfect place for a little holiday shopping: Ritz Paris candles, teddy bears, gourmet sets…

The pastry chef and the festive desserts

Enjoying the Christmas Black Forest at the Bar Vendome of Ritz Paris

An expert in French pastries, François Perret combines the pleasure of the senses with an impeccable balance of flavor. His creations are made to be loved, shared and enjoyed endlessly, whether at the Ritz, while wandering, at work, or at home…

On the occasion of Christmas at the Ritz Paris Le Comptoir, François Perret presents a large selection of festive desserts that will delight you and your loved ones. You can either taste them in the hotel or take them “to go” from the pop-up Christmas Chalet.

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Creating a really inspiring Yule Log is a favourite Christmas ritual at the most luxurious hotels of the world. Hotel lovers and gastronomy fans enjoy equally this unofficial competition among the most talented pastry-chefs for the best festive creations!

See below the list of the best hotel Yule Logs and Christmas Desserts for 2022:

Le Bristol Paris  – North Pole bûche de Noël

Deeply rooted devotion to Christmas cheer is sweeping the pastry kitchen at Le Bristol Paris this festive season. For Pastry Chef Pascal Hainigue, who grew up in Alsace where the Christmas season is elevated to a culture all its own, the end-of-year period inspires a strong spirit of enchantment and a particular affection for the bûche de Noël — a Christmas ritual at Le Bristol Paris.

For his 2022 creation, Pascal Hainigue has eschewed the usual dominance of dark or milk chocolate for a dessert elaborated in pure white. Sculpted with the help of moulds handmade by the chef himself for the occasion, the yule log cake depicts seven individually shaped icebergs and a polar bear gingerly traversing them.

Like an Arctic scene frozen in time, the sculptural cake is as light as it is original. Each large iceberg segment is developed in 3 delicate dacquoise layers featuring hazelnut and chestnut meringue, a sweet chestnut cream filling and calamansi jelly for a delicious hint of tangy citrus. The miniature icebergs are crafted from a smooth base of hazelnut praline.

This exquisitely imaginative, North Pole inspired bûche de Noël by chef Pascal Hainigue serves 6–8 people and will be available for purchase at L’Épicerie du Bristol Paris this Christmas from December, 20th until December, 26th.

Hôtel Plaza Athénée – Le Chalet du Plaza

Christmas 2022: The best hotel Yule Logs and Christmas Desserts

Based on creamy dark chocolate, Hôtel Plaza Athénée’s  2022 yule log is decorated with spiced caramel, orange gel and delicately-placed slices of candied orange. Its festive scents and spices intermingle to create a dessert that’s at once sophisticated and unabashedly Christmassy.

Order from December 5 for collection at La Galerie, December 22 – 26.

Cour des Vosges – The Venice – inspired Yule Log

Creative Director and winner of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France award  Yann Brys draws inspiration from the Doge’s Palace and the upcoming opening of the Nolinski Venezia which belongs to the same group. This coffee yule log is also inspired by tiramisu and is based on Italian coffee crunch with finger cake soaked in Italian coffee/amaretto, cold brewed white coffee cremeux, vanilla/amaretto mascarpone mousse and coffee jelly.

Four Seasons Paris George V – The art of quilling

Pastry Chef Michael Bartocetti of Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris has unveiled this year’s Christmas Yule log, an exquisite creation designed to be shared with family and loved ones.

The chef’s delectable creation echoes the shape of a traditional Christmas tree, with curves and sinuous, graphic lines. Its gentle spires are a nod to the art of quilling, one of the chef’s much-loved childhood hobbies that is popular during the festive season in the region of Lorraine. The log’s fine layers recall the pleats and folds of paper that children create to make airy flakes to hang on trees. With an airy composition, this gourmet creation features fragrances and textures that complement one another perfectly to tantalise the senses.

Adorned with a dulce de leche chocolate glaze and thin strips of Peruvian 40% milk chocolate, this shimmering dessert has a light and creamy pine-infused mousse that is full bodied yet delicate, with subtle aromatic hints of lemongrass that are fresh on the palate. A Damien Blascot citrus fruit confit bursting with natural essences and featuring balanced acidity adds zest and freshness to each bite, with a fine chestnut honey jam with Sicilian olive oil further enhancing flavours. A soft and smooth olive oil and Provençal almond biscuit adds elegant and comforting fruity notes that are further enhanced by a crunchy almond and lime shortbread. The chef’s sinful creation is perfect to share with friends and loved ones over the festive season.

The George V Christmas Yule Log can be purchased daily between Friday, December 16, 2022 and Sunday, January 8, 2023 from the Christmas Pop-Up of Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris.

Hotel Lutetia Paris – The Art Deco Yule Log

An iconic landmark hotel in Paris’ Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Lutetia is the city’s only luxury Palace hotel on the Left Bank. As a tribute to Lutetia’s legacy, Chef Nicolas Guercio presents this year a Yule log reflecting all the elegance of Art Deco style. A true artwork made of lines and angles, decorated with golden chocolate plates, it will be a sensation on holiday tables. For his creation, the Chef wanted traditional chocolate and praline flavours, combined with a surprising truffle touch. This sophisticated dessert is made of a creamy Komuntu 80% dark chocolate mousse, a sweet cocoa paste for a crunchy note, a hazelnut dacquoise with crunchy sea salt, as well as a tasty Valrhona milk chocolate hazelnut cream and a truffle-flavoured flowing praline made with Périgord black truffles.

Price: 145€
10 people – Limited edition and upon reservation at +33 1 49 54 46 00 until 22nd of December 2022. Pick-up at the Lutetia hotel.

Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva – The White Christmas Yule Log

Pastry Chef Jean-Marie Roger has created a wonderful Christmas Yule log for guests to enjoy in the comfort of their home. This year’s festive creation has a crunchy pecan nut praline, with notes of pear and subtle tones of caramel that will delight the taste buds of children and adults alike.

Serving eight people, the Yule log is available for takeaway by prior reservation.

Cheval Blanc – The Rocking Horse

 

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This festive season, Maxime Frédéric, Pastry Chef of Cheval Blanc Paris, immerses guests in the magical memories of yesteryear through his edible creation, a delicate Christmas log rocking horse inspired by a gourmet fairytale. Maxime Frédéric’s interpretation of this much-loved toy brings forth daydreams and a burst of imagination through its intense chocolate and hazelnut flavours and it is composed of two parts:• The rocker and body of the horse is assembled as a bold chocolate shell to replicate the movement of a wooden rocking horse while the amber hue of the chocolate creation perfectly reflects the wooden design of the toy. These details are showcased through juxtaposed layers of chocolate, each in varied percentages of cacao. The rocker, by contrast, is a gourmet tablet topped with crispy Gianduja.

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The Claridge’s Christmas Tree has long symbolised the start of the festive season in the capital, drawing visitors and Londoners alike to admire its magnificent design. This is the 13th year that Claridge’s has invited a distinguished guest to reinterpret the tree in their own distinctive style.

This year the much-anticipated Christmas tree has been designed by Sandra Choi for Jimmy Choo who is a long-time friend of the hotel! Named ‘The Diamond’, the tree is a magnificent sculptural creation standing over 5 metres tall, which has taken over 350 hours to construct.  This extraordinary Christmas tree is crafted from 69 shining, reflective mirrors, accented with 60 meters of sparkling lights which pulse, undulate, and reflect off the multifaceted surface, and 250 individual aluminium panels.

It is finished with a giant, glittering bow topper – a nod to one of the key design themes of Jimmy Choo’s winter collection. The tree, designed in partnership with set designer Simon Costin, has been created to allow guests to stand inside to take in the magical and shining, diamond-refracted space. This experiential element means Claridge’s Christmas Tree, with its mesmerising lights and enchanting reflections, will turn the hotel lobby into a fully immersive space, whilst also ensuring a unique and personal festive moment for every guest who steps inside.

This remarkable project, with one of Sandra’s favourite hotels, has allowed her to expand on her fascination with the concept of the jewel, by exploring her dream of stepping inside one “I have always said I would love to know what it is like to step inside a diamond, and now I can! To be able to collaborate with Simon Costin on this incredible project has been an honour. The jewel has been a repeated metaphor I have used to describe Jimmy Choo, not just because they are used in our designs, but for the multifaceted nature of the collections we create as well as the reflection and light we want to bring. The power to transform and shine bright.” said Sandra Choi, Creative Director. “Claridge’s is a London icon. The perfect blend of glamour and decadence – great things happen at Claridge’s. There’s a magic energy as you enter the doors that’s contagious, from the warmth of the staff to the discrete buzz of guests in the lobby. And at night the hotel invites you to party. Claridge’s is a London jewel, it’s multifaceted, like the diamond that inspired our tree, like Jimmy Choo.”

Claridge’s General Manager Paul Jackson said “I am delighted to welcome Sandra Choi to bring Jimmy Choo’s distinct glamour to the hotel. Christmas is always a truly magical time of year for us here at Claridge’s and this year, we look forward to seeing guests and visitors step inside Jimmy Choo’s sparkling world.”

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Every year, The Connaught Christmas tree is the trademark of Mayfair during the festive months, with admirers travelling from near and afar to marvel at the creative genius dreamt up by some of the top artists in the world. The unveiling of each year’s Connaught Christmas Tree 2022 marks the start of the festive season on Mount Street in the heart of Mayfair.

This season’s Christmas Tree has been designed by influential East London-born artist and sculptor Suzy Murphy and has just been unveiled! Suzy is an alumna of St Martin’s School of Art. Her work has been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions and has been the recipient of several awards including Henry Yates Thompson Art Prize in 1982, Elizabeth Greenshields Prize in 1987 and National Open Art Landscape Art Prize in 2016. Her work is held in many important public and private collections worldwide.

The magnificent British sourced Nordmann Fir tree, stands 9m tall (30ft) on Carlos Place and will be bedecked with 34 ‘soft white’ neon dogs starting with the largest at the base of the tree, and gradually getting smaller as they reach the pinnacle. Suzy’s influence and creative direction for the tree stems from ‘Toby was a girl’, a series of sketches inspired by her childhood pet. Whimsical and poetic, with a sense of nostalgia Suzy’s interpretation of ‘Toby was a Girl’ tells the story of her dog throughout her childhood.  This is translated into a beautifully artistic display on The Connaught Tree, with the neon dogs ‘running’ around the tree, culminating in ‘Toby’ residing at the top, for all to see.

At the base of the tree, the story continues as ‘Toby’ is surrounded by neon titles of sculptural works that were made for a series called “A Girls Progress”. Here, Suzy Murphy has used her creative and philosophical mantra ‘solitude, truth, passion and peace’ to describe the various stages one must pass through in order to arrive at “Peace”. It begins with Solitude (the studio) to “Truth” (honesty with yourself) to Passion (what we are truly meant to do) to “Peace” which is the ultimate destination. The Connaught tree this year, represents the timeless message of Christmas, one of hope, and peace… and light over dark. So ‘Toby’ arrives to London in Peace, and wishes everyone a truly magical Christmas.

Artist and Sculptor Suzy Murphy comments “I am so honoured to create this year’s iconic Christmas tree at The Connaught, as it is a huge part of the artistic cornerstone of Mayfair. My vision was to create a tree that symbolises my childhood experience and is closely related to a series of works I have created over the years. ‘Toby’ travelled with me artistically, in symbolic form, through various landscapes. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes dark…but here she is arriving now, triumphantly, on the Connaught Christmas tree. It is truly magical”.

Commenting on The Connaught Christmas Tree 2022 General Manager Sandeep Bhalla said “We are honoured and delighted that Suzy Murphy has agreed to add her magical touch to our precious Connaught Christmas Tree. It chimes so magically with our own Connaught Hound and our very own love of our four legged friends. We hope it will be enjoyed by our guests, Mayfair neighbours and indeed all of London this festive season.”

This will be the seventh year The Connaught Christmas Tree has been designed by a celebrated artist past trees include Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Michael Craig-Martin, Sean Scully, Idris Khan and Annie Morris. The Connaught has long established itself as playing a significant role in the art world amassing a considerable art collection over its 170 year history.

The Connaught Christmas Tree 2022 by Suzy Murphy will shine bright on Carlos Place until the first week of January, 2023.

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