Constance Festival Culinaire
Pierre Hermé Trophy
Wednesday 18th March 2026
BLUE PENNY CELLAR
AT CONSTANCE BELLE MARE PLAGE
13h00 to 15h00
Six international Pastry Chefs paired with 6 Pastry Chefs from Constance Hotels & Resorts to create the most delicious pastry.
Winners of the Voting Polls
Prize
3 nights at Constance Belle Mare Plage in Bed & Breakfast
Winner
Carlyne Lam Po Tang
Pierre Hermé Trophy

TEAM 1
Alexsandra Lacharmante, Constance Belle Mare Plage & Alban Guilmet Boutique Alban Guilmet

TEAM 2
Debbie Aglae, Constance Ephelia Seychelles & Chef Christophe Morel
Grand Prix Canadien de la Chocolaterie in 2003 and 1er prix Chocolat à la Coupe du monde de la pâtisserie à Lyon (2005)

TEAM 3
Yogesh Halkory, Constance Prince Maurice & Yann Brys, Meilleur Ouvier de France Pâtisserie 2011

TEAM 4
Neelu Sharma, Constance Lemuria Seychelles & François-Xavier Cathala, La Martinière - Ile de Ré

TEAM 5
Tapas Kumar Palai, Constance Halaveli Maldives & Cesare Murzilli, Corporate Executive Pastry Chef at Lungarno Collection Milano

TEAM 6
Dasun Wanasingha, Constance Moofushi Maldives & Pascal Hainigue, Chef Pâtissier à l’Auberge de Lill ** & Pâtissier de l’année 2025 par lechefmagazine
- Preparation of an entremet dessert in the shape of a Yule log :
The product imposed for the entremet : Valrhona Chocolate and coffee
- Preparation of a plated dessert :
The imposed products for the plated dessert: The Banana
- Preparation of an ice cream cup
- Preparation of an artistic piece made by the internationally renowned pastry chefs. This artistic piece will have to get along with the theme - The Fisherman Refuge

Pierre Hermé
2016 World Best Pastry Chef

Mercotte
Culinary Critic, blogger & TV presenter

Marc Rivière from France - Winner 2025
Champion du monde de pâtisserie en 2009

Frederic Cassel
Former President of Relais Desserts & World’s Best Pastry chef in 1999 & 2007

Vincent Guerlais
President of Relais Desserts

Sébastien Claverie
Deputy General Manager of production Maison Pierre Hermé Paris

Yann Brys
Meilleur Ouvier de France Pâtisserie 2011

Alban Guilmet
Boutique Alban Guilmet

François-Xavier Cathala
La Martinière - Ile de Ré

Pascal Hainigue
Chef Pâtissier à l’Auberge de Lill ** & Pâtissier de l’année 2025 par lechefmagazine

Cesare Murzilli
Corporate Executive Pastry Chef at Lungarno Collection Milano

Chef Christophe Morel
Grand Prix Canadien de la Chocolaterie in 2003 and 1er prix Chocolat à la Coupe du monde de la pâtisserie à Lyon (2005)

Alexsandra Lacharmante
Constance Belle Mare Plage

Dasun Wanasingha
Constance Moofushi Maldives

Tapas Kumar Palai
Constance Halaveli Maldives

Neelu Sharma
Constance Lemuria Seychelles

Debbie Aglae
Constance Ephelia Seychelles

Yogesh Halkory
Constance Prince Maurice





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