Who won School of Chocolate, the Netflix baking competition?

School of Chocolate, the latest baking competition series to land on Netflix, is eight episodes worth of confectionery showdowns, lessons learned, and near meltdowns in the kitchen.

Led by world renowned chocolatier Chef Amaury Guichon, eight experienced chefs go head-to-head to see who will win the coveted title of Best in Class. However, unlike competitions shows, School of Chocolate doesn’t eliminate contestants every episode.

Instead, the two students with the lowest scores sit out of the chocolate show piece challenge and must watch their fellow chefs create stunning works of chocolate art.

The whole point of the series is for the participants to learn the methods and tricks of the trade that Chef Guichon has perfected and used to help further his own successful career.

His kitchen is primarily a learning environment but, at the end of the day, School of Chocolate is a competition show and there can only be one winner.

Which student came out on top? Here’s what we know!

Who won School of Chocolate?

After eight episodes of the chefs learning how to scale back or push themselves in their baking designs, Chef Guichon picked Mellisa and Juan to go up against one another.

Out of all the contestants, the two had been the most consistent though Juan’s achievements were more lauded than Mellisa’s.

Aided by their fellow chefs in a chocolate showpiece challenge that had a prehistoric theme, they each put forth their best work. But ultimately it was Juan who won the title of Best in Class. Considering he’d pulled ahead of the pack early on, it wasn’t a shocking conclusion to the show.

Juan won the 50, 000 dollar grand prize, an opportunity to teach an international master class at Chef Guichon’s pastry academy in Las Vegas, 500 pounds of chocolate from Cacao Berry, a one-on-one session with Cacao Berry chefs in their state of the art facility, and an invitation to the Charleston Food and Wine Festival to participate in a marquee event.