Creative Corner
featuring Kobi Gutman
The mold of Mephistopheles that was featured in the July issue has been utilized to make a plain chocolate version and a chocolate version with gold and red cocoa-butters (pictured)—with some assistance in airbrushing from one of the chefs (a gold-medal winner of the Young Chef competition in the US) at Mr. Gutman’s hotel.
A cast was also made from resin & plaster, with a small magnet embedded at the back.
If these seem too complex to follow, then the following simpler fruit creations may encourage others to follow in Mr. Gutman’s footsteps:
Meanwhile, Mr. Gutman continues to work on improving his craft:
These horses are made with water-based clay so they would harden and he could paint them with a bronze look. Time to make so far: 10-12 hours.
Mr. Kobi Gutman is one of the most accomplished hotel butlers in the world, currently working as the head butler at a private hotel in Florida; he can be reached via the Institute.
The Institute is dedicated to raising service standards by broadly disseminating the mindset and superior service expertise of that time-honored, quintessential service provider, the British Butler, updated with modern people skills, and adapted to the needs of modern employers and guests in staffed homes, luxury hotels, resorts, spas, retirement communities, jets, yachts & cruise ships around the world.