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300 hours of work went into this 400-pound, multi-colored, solid-chocolate sculpture of the U
300 hours of work went into this 400-pound, multi-colored, solid-chocolate sculpture of the U

300 hours of work went into this 400-pound, multi-colored, solid-chocolate sculpture of the U

Date6/4/1976
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  • 300 hours of work went into this 400-pound; multi-colored; solid-chocolate sculpture of the U.S. bald eagle and emblem by pastry chef Alfred Leitch (left). It won him the special bicentennial trophy; as well as top prize for chocolate sculpture at the annual National Restaurant Association Culinary Art show in Chicago last month. Although it was topping on a cake; 4-by-6-foot concoction is now in a frame in the lobby of Toronto airport Holiday Inn.
  • 300 hours of work went into this 400-pound, multi-colored, solid-chocolate sculpture of the U
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Original Toronto Star caption: 300 hours of work went into this 400-pound; multi-colored; solid-chocolate sculpture of the U.S. bald eagle and emblem by pastry chef Alfred Leitch (left). It won him the special bicentennial trophy; as well as top prize for chocolate sculpture at the annual National Restaurant Association Culinary Art show in Chicago last month. Although it was topping on a cake; 4-by-6-foot concoction is now in a frame in the lobby of Toronto airport Holiday Inn.
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