A chef in New York City, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, is credited with inventing Chocolate Molten Lava Cake in 1987.  Vongerichten removed a sponge cake from the oven too early and realized that while the center was still runny, the outside of the cake had a texture and taste that were desirable. Fun Food Fact: Vongerichten is the man behind the famous Jean-Georges restaurant located in New York’s Trump International Hotel and Tower.  However, Jacques Torres, a French chef and chocolatier, who also happens to be a judge and co-host of the popular food show Nailed It!, says that the Lava Cake already existed in France before Vongerichten claimed to have invented it. Wherever the truth lies, our lives are blessed from the creation of the Chocolate Lava Cake!