Nothing predestined Fiona McArthur to imagine chocolates for the biggest names in cinema.
Originally from Campbeltown, a small remote port in the west of Scotland, this 37-year-old chocolatier was nevertheless chosen to make the sweets for the 96th Oscars ceremony.
Prepared in his shop called Fetcha Chocolates, his chocolates flew to Hollywood and will land, on March 11, in the nominees' gift bags.
Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and even Cillian Murphy will then discover vegan creations, composed of rice milk powder and water ganache, free of alcohol, gluten, milk and eggs.
In short, chocolates
so LA
, but
made in Scotland
.
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A great moment of life
Contacted two years ago by the company responsible for
goodies
for the Oscars ceremony, Fiona McArthur initially thought it was a hoax.
The surprise was even such that to this day, she still has to pinch herself to believe it: “They will all have one of my boxes of chocolates.
People like Cillian Murphy, Bradley Cooper, Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone, it’s incredible,” she told AFP from her shop.
To take on this major challenge, the chocolatier simply started by going to the cinema.
In the small local art-deco theater in her town, with a notebook under her arm, Fiona McArthur saw a myriad of films in competition.
From his notes were born six vegan chocolates.
Chocolates in the image of the nominated films
Drama about the father of the atomic bomb and big favorite for the Oscars with 13 nominations, Christopher Nolan's
Oppenheimer
obviously had the right to an explosive creation.
In a plastic-free box, Cillian Murphy will discover a yellow and orange truffle, hiding a sparkling candy: “Its shell is hard so when you bite, it explodes, in a way, in your mouth”, detailed the chocolatier to our AFP colleagues.
At the antipodes, Barbie chocolate takes the silhouette of a heart, pink of course, combining flavors of strawberry and rose: “They are roughly cut, a bit like her journey through Barbieland to the real world.
It was not a smooth journey, it was full of angles,” observes the chocolatier.
Fiona McArthur's vegan chocolates, imagined for the 96th Oscars ceremony.
Andy Buchanan / AFP
In another register, the black comedy
Poor Creatures
by Yórgos Lánthimos inspired a creation mixing white chocolate and milk chocolate, all enhanced with a touch of cinnamon.
For
Maestro
by Bradley Cooper, Fiona McArthur signs musical notes made from cocoa butter, embellished with salt and pepper, in order to “celebrate the difference and complementarity of the lives of Leonard and Felicia”.
For
Those Who Remain
, Fiona McArthur imagined a dark chocolate shell garnished with cherry and ice cream, and finally, for
Killers of the Flower Moon
by Martin Scorsese, she created a dark chocolate garnished with a lilac-scented caramel ganache. yellow and green.
Since Fiona McArthur became a local celebrity, a small red carpet has been displayed in the window of her chocolate shop as well as a small sign reading: “Fetcha is going to Hollywood”.
Like many of us, on March 11, she will also be on her couch watching the 96th Oscars ceremony.
Maybe by eating chocolates.