A Joconde sponge soaked in cocoa syrup, filled with a chocolate-hazelnut spread and wrapped around a praline and cocoa nib insert
Total completion time
Completion time
1 hour
Cooking time
0h06
Rest period
3h00
Techniques taught
Baking a Joconde sponge
Preparing a Joconde sponge
Rolling out a Joconde sponge
Making a chocolate transfer
Filling a tube with a piping bag
Crafting a tube using a rhodoid sheet
Rolling a log
Making a spread
Whisking whites to a stiff peak
Piping without using a tip
Soaking in syrup
Making a flavored syrup
Melting chocolate
Making an insert
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Step 1: Chocolate hazelnut spread
Patrice Ibarboure
Meilleur Ouvrier de France Pâtissier and 1 Michelin star
Meilleur Ouvrier de France Pâtissier and 1 Michelin star
Step 2: Hazelnut praline and cocoa nib insert
Step 3: Mona Lisa cookie
Step 4: Cocoa liqueur syrup
Step 5: Assembling the log
Step 6: Printed chocolate decoration
Step 7: Finishing the log
Patrice Ibarboure
Meilleur Ouvrier de France Pâtissier and 1 Michelin star
After obtaining a BEP in cookery and training at the Lycée Hôtelier in Biarritz, this chef with a passion for pastry flew to Paris, where he honed his skills at Fauchon alongside Christophe Adam, then at Pierre Gagnaire, discovering restaurant pastry-making. He then gained further experience at the Hôtel de Crillon with Jérôme Chaucesse. In 2011, he moved to New York, working with Daniel Bouloud, before returning to the Basque country in 2013 to become head pastry chef at the Michelin-starred Frères Ibarboure family restaurant.
A perfectionist, he takes part in competitions such as the Championnat de France des Desserts and the Championnat d'Europe du Sucre d'Art, where he is a finalist. His mentor, Thierry Bamas, Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2011, guides him in his quest for the title, which he wins in 2019 after intense training. Today, Chef Patrice Ibarboure continues to excel at his family's Michelin-starred restaurant.
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