I interviewed pastry chef Èric Ortuño (Lavelhanet, France, 1972) in his bakery, L'Atelier Barcelona (Viladomat Street), hours before the start of the afternoon classes he teaches for students who want to dedicate themselves to the trade. Ortuño has been teaching for so many years that he has students spread across the best bakeries in the country, who always speak of him as the master, with all due respect. The last thing he told me about his mastery in the classes was: Joe Bruises, winner of the best chocolate monkeyThese days Ortuño and Ximena Pastor, partners and co-owners of L'Atelier, are preparing a pop-up with the chocolatier Lluc Crusellas, another student. On May 16 and 17, the world's finest chocolatier will be selling exclusive chocolates, made for L'Atelier, and chocolate ice cream, which will be placed on the cakes created by Ortuño, as well as on the cone-shaped croissants.