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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — There’s something sweet about the new holiday display at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in downtown Boston.
“Everything here is made out of a gingerbread, [pastillage sugar], and chocolate,” Rosette Cox, the pastry chef at The Ritz-Carlton Boston, told WBZ NewsRadio.
Inside the lobby of the hotel, just outside of the elevators, Cox and her team constructed a gingerbread village inspired by iconic Boston landmarks, like Old North Church, the State House, Faneuil Hall, the Boston Common gazebo and even the Zakim Bridge.
“I’ve done some ginger house villages before,” she said. “This one is the coolest and is more detailed.”
According to the hotel, Cox began planning this holiday display in October, spending nearly 300 hours baking and decorating all the structures. Additionally, her Prudential Center sculpture is made out of six pounds of dark chocolate.
“We wanted to inspire people, to inspire kids, and for them to know what are the historical places in Boston,” Cox said.
The installation is completed and on display at the hotel for the holiday season.
WBZ NewsRadio’s Emma Friedman (@EmmaFriedmanWBZ) reports.