A Wedding Cake at the
Four Seasons George V
I am Ange Gimenez, a wedding cake designer in Paris. For a wedding at Four Seasons George V, I would sculpt a sugar paste cake by hand and bring it myself to Avenue George V.
Few rooms in Paris
carry the grandeur
of 31 Avenue George V.
The Four Seasons George V sits on Avenue George V, a few steps from the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement. It is one of the palace-classified hotels of Paris, and a wedding here means stepping into a register that is opulent by nature.
What most people remember is the floral art. The hotel is known for monumental arrangements that fill the marble courtyard and the public rooms, a scale of flowers you rarely see anywhere else in the city. A cake placed into that setting cannot whisper, and it cannot shout. It has to hold its own grandeur with the same restraint the room shows in its proportion.
That balance is what I would design for. A piece scaled to the height of the salons, ornate enough to belong, quiet enough to be looked at twice.
A piece scaled to the room.
For couples marrying at the Four Seasons George V who want a cake conceived for them alone, hand-crafted in Paris and built to stand inside an opulent room.
For a wedding at the George V, I would begin with the ceiling. The salons are tall, and the floral art that defines the hotel works on a monumental scale. A modest cake disappears in that room. The answer is height with discipline: a sculptural piece, several tiers, drawn upward so it reads from across the floor and still holds together when a guest stands beside it.
My medium is sugar paste, used exclusively. It lets me build clean vertical lines, sharp edges, and the fine botanical detail I sculpt by hand. The flowers are made one petal at a time, in the colours you have chosen, placed to follow the architecture of the cake rather than smother it. Opulent, but measured. The room already supplies the spectacle.
Every commission is yours alone. I sketch it for your salon, your season, your palette, and I sign it once. It is never repeated.
Planning a wedding at the Four Seasons George V?
From sketch to the salon.
Every commission starts with a sketch on my desk. The first conversation is about the room, the light, the season, and you.
From there I work by hand for several weeks. The structure comes first, then the surface textures, then the sugar flowers. You taste the flavours separately, calmly, away from the design itself.
I deliver every commission personally on the morning of the wedding. For a tall piece at the George V I would assemble it in the room rather than carry a finished cake through service corridors, so it stands exactly as drawn. Sugar paste holds its shape at room temperature, which means the cake looks the same at the last dance as it did at the first photograph.
Bringing an outside cake designer into the George V is something the events team agrees with you in advance. I would work directly with the venue on access and timing so the day stays effortless on your side. Write to me six to twelve months ahead of the date.
Couples often ask.
Can I bring an outside wedding cake designer to the Four Seasons George V?
It is a decision agreed in advance between you and the events team at the hotel. When a couple wants a bespoke piece, I would work directly with the venue on access and timing so that everything arrives cleanly. I would bring to a George V commission the same care I give every piece.
What kind of wedding cake suits the grandeur of the George V?
The salons of 31 Avenue George V carry height and an opulent register set by their floral art. For that setting I would design a tall, architectural piece in sugar paste, with hand-sculpted flowers placed to echo the room rather than crowd it. Grandeur held in check reads better than excess.
Why do you work only in sugar paste?
Sugar paste is what makes a sculptural cake possible: vertical height, fine botanical detail, and a clean finish that a camera can read up close. It holds its shape at room temperature through a long reception, where buttercream would soften.
How do you deliver and set up a cake at the George V?
I deliver every commission personally on the morning of the wedding and assemble the piece on site. For a tall piece at the George V I would build it in the room rather than move a finished cake through service corridors, so it stands exactly as designed.
How far ahead should I commission a wedding cake for the George V?
Write to me six to twelve months before the date. I take a small number of commissions a year so each piece has my full attention, and peak season runs June through September.
Tell me about
your day.
I take around thirty commissions a year, so each piece has my full attention. If you are planning a wedding in Paris or anywhere in the world, I would love to hear from you.
I also create bespoke wedding cakes for other Parisian palace hotels. See my guides for wedding cakes at The Ritz Paris, the Hôtel de Crillon, and Plaza Athénée weddings. For a château wedding outside the city, see my pages on Château de Ferrières, Château de Champlatreux and Château Bonnaventure.