one spoon quenelle

back from an amazing trip to france.  the people at Valrhona did an awesome job in hosting us six american chefs.  we did some dining, some cooking, a lot of hanging out together. 
maybe that is the best part of the whole event...getting to meet and know people whom i may not have had the opportunity otherwise.  i think the competition was even and we all did a great job. 
sad to say i will not be going to the finals in madrid, but i am happy with the dish i submitted and how i executed it.  my downfall may have been the minimalist approach to a "chocolate" competition.
here is the submitted dish that i had to recreate in Versailles. 

coconut milk pudding, Manjari cremeux, clove ice cream, vanilla bean-clove gel, flourless chocolate cake, banana croquant, cocoa paper, chocolate streusel