Cedric Grolet Singapore at COMO Orchard announced its 2026 Festive Collection on 11 November, and pre-orders for its Christmas log cakes are already open for collection from 7 December. If you only care about the photo, the one to plan around is the Santa Bûche de Noël, which the pâtisserie says goes only to dine-in guests as part of a teatime set starting 25 November.
For the uninitiated, Grolet is the French pastry chef famous for trompe-l’œil (French for “fool the eye”) creations that look uncannily like real fruit and flowers, until a fork goes in. This year’s festive line-up has three parts, all inspired by those fruit and flower worlds: log cakes to take home, a limited Winter Collection of individual pastries, and a sit-down teatime.
Three Logs, One Red Box
The bûche de Noël is France’s traditional Christmas log cake, and Grolet is offering three versions this year. The newcomer is the Singapore-exclusive Chocolate Vanilla Flower Basket at S$135, which joins his bestselling Reindeer and Snowman at S$115 each.
If you’re picking one, the Flower Basket makes the strongest case: it’s the only log you can’t get anywhere else, and it’s built for people who find most chocolate cakes a bit much. It layers cocoa, chocolate and vanilla in different forms, from crunchy praline to smooth crémeux (a silky custard-like cream). The pâtisserie pitches it at chocolate lovers who want something more balanced and less intense, which sounds like a log you can finish after a heavy Christmas lunch.
The two returning favourites go in opposite directions. The Reindeer brings together hazelnut, vanilla and caramel in soft, velvety layers, while the Snowman “reimagines winter through a summer lens” with coconut and passion fruit. That tropical twist is a fun fit for a Singapore Christmas, where the closest thing to snow is the air-con in a mall.
All three come in a seasonal gift box painted red and illustrated with Grolet’s fruit and flower creations, so the packaging does half the gifting work for you. Logs need to be pre-ordered at least one day in advance and are collected at the shop between 7 and 31 December.
At S$26 Each
The Winter Collection is five limited-edition pastries at S$26 each, and it’s the easiest way to try Grolet’s tricks without committing to a whole cake. Three of them are the trompe-l’œil pieces he’s known for: Blueberry, Chestnut, and the new Peanut.
The other two are sculptural “flowers”. The pâtisserie’s signature Vanilla Flower is joined by a Coffee Flower inspired by tiramisu, blending coffee and mascarpone. Between the five, the Peanut and the Coffee Flower are the ones worth hunting down: one is the collection’s fresh face, and the other turns a dessert most of us already love into something that looks like it belongs in a vase.
The Santa Bûche Stays Put
Here’s where the plan matters. The Festive Teatime Set runs from 25 November to 31 December, and it’s the only way to get the vanilla Santa Bûche de Noël. Think of it as the cake you have to come to, rather than the cake that comes home with you.
Around the Santa Bûche, the set includes Grolet’s bite-sized winter creations and savoury sandwiches topped with salmon rillettes and caviar, served in a navette (a small boat-shaped bun). It costs S$128 with a non-alcoholic sparkling drink, or S$158 with a glass of Taittinger Brut Réserve Champagne.
Seats are the real bottleneck. Afternoon tea is served from 12.30pm to 6pm daily, so a Christmas-week table for your friend group is going to go fast. Bookings go through the shop’s SevenRooms page, its hotline or email, and payment is cashless only, so leave the ang bao (red-packet) cash at home. If you’re stacking up a whole month of indulgent afternoons, our festive eats round-up has more spreads in the same spirit, and Grand Hyatt’s Christmas return is another one for the shortlist.
🗓️ Date: Festive Teatime Set from 25 November to 31 December 2026; Bûche de Noël collection from 7 to 31 December 2026
📍 Location: Cedric Grolet Singapore, Level 1, COMO Orchard, 30 Bideford Road, Singapore 229922
🎄 Bûches de Noël: S$135 (Chocolate Vanilla Flower Basket), S$115 each (Reindeer, Snowman); pre-order at least one day ahead
🍰 Winter Collection: S$26 each (Blueberry, Chestnut, Peanut, Coffee Flower, Vanilla Flower); pre-orders open now
🫖 Festive Teatime Set: S$128 with a non-alcoholic sparkling drink, S$158 with a glass of Taittinger Brut Réserve Champagne
📞 Reservations: SevenRooms, 1800 304 2588 or +65 6486 1590, singapore@cedricgrolet.sg
💳 Payment: Cashless only (credit and debit cards)
🚇 Getting there: Nearest MRT is Somerset; parking at the COMO Orchard basement carpark
Christmas spreads come and go, but a Santa-shaped log that only exists at a 40-seat table on Bideford Road is the kind of thing your group chat will remember well past Boxing Day. Pre-order a Flower Basket for the family, then claim a teatime slot for your friends through COMO Orchard’s reservations page before December fills up!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of Cedric Grolet Singapore.
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