Monaco’s top pâtissiers and chefs are presenting an array of festive takeaway treats this December, allowing residents to bring hotel-quality Christmas desserts and specialities into their homes.
The offerings range from intricately designed yule logs to traditional panettone, with establishments across the Principality competing to create the most sophisticated seasonal collections for takeaway purchase.
Hôtel Métropole’s Guerlain-inspired creation
Pastry Chef Patrick Mesiano at the Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo has created a yule log sculpted to resemble Guerlain’s iconic Bee Bottle, originally designed in 1853 for Napoleon III’s future wife Eugénie. The dessert reproduces the bottle’s design in gold tones, evoking both the Place Vendôme column and the imperial bee symbol.
The creation features candied citrus, honey-tonka crémeux and vanilla mousse. The collaboration between pastry artistry and the recently inaugurated Spa Guerlain at the property creates a distinctive seasonal offering that can be ordered for home celebrations.
Cédric Grolet’s Christmas collection
At the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo courtyard, celebrated pastry chef Cédric Grolet presents his Christmas yule logs available until 31st December. The Père Noël features vanilla mousse, vanilla crémeux, vanilla milk jam, soft vanilla biscuit and salted caramel praline crisp, designed as a whimsical Santa Claus figure.
The Pain d’Épices combines gingerbread mousse, gingerbread caramel vanilla crémeux, soft gingerbread biscuit and gingerbread praline crisp. Both creations demonstrate Grolet’s signature approach of elevating traditional flavours through refined technique.
Grolet’s Christmas Tea Time runs from 17th December to 4th January in the Hôtel de Paris patio, featuring pastries, cakes, scones, candied orange peels and savoury treats alongside festive drinks including Chaï latte, mulled wine and hot chocolate at €120 per person.
Traditional Italian panettone at Cova
Cova pâtisserie offers traditional homemade panettone, the classic Italian Christmas bread requiring days of preparation and careful fermentation. The slow-fermented dough, studded with candied fruits and raisins, represents one of pâtisserie’s most technically demanding specialities.
Every panettone tells a story of traditional methods maintained to meet Monaco’s exacting culinary standards.
SBM’s signature yule log
Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer’s pastry team has created a signature yule log inspired by Christmas melodies, available in restaurants and for takeaway at Mada One throughout the festive season. The design reflects SBM’s theme for 2025, ‘The Magic of Christmas in Monte-Carlo’.
Robuchon Monaco’s gourmet hampers
Robuchon Monaco offers Christmas hampers featuring foie gras, champagne, chocolate truffles, panettone and other delicacies for gifting or personal use. The establishment also provides an exclusive take-away collection of complete Christmas meals, designed to deliver restaurant-quality dining at home.
Three yule log options are available from Le Petit Café Robuchon and Le Deli Robuchon Monaco. The Vanilla Caramel & Pecan Log costs €48 for four people or €75 for six, combining pecan crisp, biscuit, soft fleur de sel caramel, praline and Madagascar vanilla mousse.
The Hazelnut Chocolate Log at the same price points features hazelnut crisp and biscuit, hazelnut cream, éclair with fondant hazelnut praline and Peruvian 63 per cent chocolate mousse. The signature log at €89 for six people presents French toast-style biscuit with vanilla crisp, red fruit gel and chocolate mendiant confection.
From hotel pâtisseries to established confectionery houses, these offerings allow residents and visitors to enjoy restaurant-quality creations in their own homes, ensuring Monaco’s reputation for gastronomic excellence extends beyond dining room service.
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Main photo of Robuchon’s Christmas chocolate treats, sourced from Robuchon
