A look at some of the most famous French chocolate manufacturers
You may be interested to know that the French had a hand in the production of the famous chocolate in areas outside of France. In mid 1800, was a Frenchman named Etienne Guittard was hoping to make his fortune in the gold rush in California. He led the Barbary Coast, where mining for gold to earn a living, instead of landing, became rich by selling chocolate. In 1686 he opened the Guittard Chocolate Factory, where there are still familiesOwned and operated so far.
The first chocolate shop in London, known as a chocolate house, was established in 1657 by a French a. The name of the store was the coffee grinder and Tobacco Roll. The chocolate that was sold was so expensive that only wealthy patrons could afford to buy.
There are famous, French Chocolate more stores and factories continue to be popular long after their established.
In 1945 Maurice opened Bernachon Bernachon chocolate factory in Lyon, in France when he was 26, and at age 14, trained in the art of chocolate making at the tender age of his parents. Today, 60 years later, the factory Bernachon is still famous for chocolate.
In 1660, a Frenchman named Debauve has been called "the first" Royal chocolate by King Louis the 14th in France, after receiving a gift, a wedding> Chocolate by his wife Maria Teresa. In 1800, a century and a half later, the descendents named Sulpice Debauve established his one is a chocolate shop in Paris.
His chocolate was so revered that it could open in 1804, in addition to the stores and found they had 60. He had a nephew named Antoine Gallais, the last collaboration with him in 1823, and the name of his shop and Debauve Gaillais. Education in the tradition of his ancestors, KingLouis XVIII and Charles X appointed them the Official Journal of the French court chocolates. Even Debauve Sulpice died in 1836, his legacy continues with the company he founded in 1804.
history of chocolate had a strong French influence. Many of the delicious chocolates that you have today is due to the innovations of the French, who took the simple cocoa bean and turned it into an entire sector.
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