Cédric Grolet is serving a €150 Christmas afternoon tea on the patio of the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo this festive season, alongside four sculpted Christmas logs, from a coconut and passion fruit snowman to a chocolate teddy bear, for residents to take home.
The logs go on sale at the pastry chef’s boutique from Wednesday 9th December, a week before the afternoon tea begins. Grolet opened his boutique and tea room at the hotel in July 2025, as reported by Monaco Life.
Christmas afternoon tea
The afternoon tea runs from Wednesday 16th December to Sunday 3rd January. The menu pairs miniature versions of Grolet’s signature pastries with savoury bites, cakes and shortbread. Monaco Life attended the press preview, where lobster, caviar and truffle featured among the savoury bites.
The Christmas afternoon tea costs €150 and is served daily from 3pm to 5.30pm, by reservation only.
Four Christmas logs to take home
Grolet’s snowman combines coconut mousse and passion fruit cream with vanilla sponge and a crunchy coconut praline. The chocolate teddy bear layers chocolate mousse, cream and sponge with a cocoa nib praline and fleur de sel.
The Father Christmas log is built around vanilla, with vanilla mousse, cream, sponge and milk jam balanced by a salted praline. The gingerbread figure combines gingerbread mousse, cream and sponge with vanilla caramel and a crunchy gingerbread praline.
Each log serves six and costs €85. They can be collected from the boutique from Wednesday 9th to Thursday 31st December.
Two Epiphany pastries
The boutique’s festive collection continues into the New Year with two pastries for Epiphany. The galette des rois pairs puff pastry with almond frangipane, while the brioche des rois is flavoured with local citrus. Both will be available for collection from Wednesday 6th to Sunday 17th January, priced from €45 for six.
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