To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Michel Cluizel is offering Chocolove, a delicious trio of dark- and milk-chocolate hearts. Created by his daughter, Catherine Cluizel, who runs the flagship store on rue Saint-Honoré, Chocolove combines elegant design and succulent flavour in the form of a romantic chocolate sculpture. Chocolove features hearts of velvety smooth 63% cacao dark [...]
Chocolatier Pierre Cluizel has just opened his first chocolate “concept store” in the heart of Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés district. Located in the historic Cour du Commerce Saint-André at the base of the ancient 13th-century city walls built by Philippe Auguste, the brand new, 800-square metre store features a chocolate shop, pâtisserie, bar, restaurant, lounge and chocolate [...]
It’s one of the most popular gastronomic events in Paris. The city’s annual Salon du Chocolat is set to take place next month to the delight of tens of thousands of chocolate lovers of all ages. From 28 October to 1 November 2010, the world’s biggest chocolate festival will bring together chocolate exhibitors and those [...]
Michel Cluizel has been making chocolates since 1948, when he began his apprenticeship in his parents’ pastry and chocolate shop in Normandy. He is in fact one of the rare chocolate makers in the world to process cacao beans himself in his own ateliers. Cluizel’s showroom store on rue Saint-Honoré features stunning window displays. From [...]
