Adelbert Bucher
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Adelbert Bucher is a Swiss master chocolatier
Chocolatier
A chocolatier is someone who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients.Professional chocolatiers study topics including the following:...

, currently employed by the Swiss chocolate company Lindt and Sprüngli Schweiz AG
Lindt & Sprüngli
Lindt & Sprüngli AG, more commonly known as Lindt, is a luxury Swiss chocolate and confectionery company.- History :The origins of the company date back to 1845...

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Bucher, of Luzern, Switzerland
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...

, has sculpted iconic monuments such as the Blue Mosque
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire . The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior....

 of Istanbul, Turkey, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
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, the Titanic, as well as Dubai's Emirates Towers
Emirates Towers
The Emirates Towers complex contains the Emirates Office Tower and Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel. The two towers, which rise to and , respectively, stand as the 12th- and 29th-tallest buildings in the world. The two towers are connected by a 9,000 m² two-storey retail complex known as "The...

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The Emirates Tower sculpture required 100 kilograms of chocolate, and the Titanic construction was 4 metres in length..
Trips to India

Since April 2010, Chef Bucher has visited India a number of times in order to replicate various structures out of chocolate. His visits to India have featured the reconstructions of:
  • The Taj Mahal
    Taj Mahal
    The Taj Mahal is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal...

    , twice.
  • The Bandra Worli Sea Link Bridge
    Bandra-Worli Sea Link
    The Bandra–Worli Sea Link , also known as the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link , is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete-steel viaducts on either side, that links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli...

  • The Vidhana Soudha
    Vidhana Soudha
    The Vidhana Soudha, located in Bengaluru , is the seat of the state legislature of Karnataka. It is an imposing building, constructed in a style sometimes described as Neo-Dravidian, and incorporates elements of Indo-Saracenic and Dravidian styles...

     of Bangalore
  • The Charminar
    Charminar
    Charminar built in 1591 AD, is a landmark monument located in Hyderabad, India. The two words Char Minar of Urdu language are combined to which it is known as Charminar . These are four ornate minarets attached and supported by four grand arches, it has become the global icon of Hyderabad and is...

     of Hyderabad

Sources

  • http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100402/914/ten-a-taj-mahal-that-you-can-eat.html
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