As it has for the last five years, the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau is once again holding its popular “Paris Romantique” Saint Valentine’s Day-themed campaign, featuring special offers and promotions throughout the month of February. The campaign includes discounts for restaurants, tours, hotels, and theatres as well as some yummy freebies! As in previous … Continue reading Romantic Paris gifts and special offers in February
Nestlé is no longer a shareholder in Brussels-based chocolatier Pierre Marcolini’s holding company, the company has announced. Pierre Marcolini, along with three Belgian minority shareholders, has bought back the 29 per cent stake acquired by Nestlé over the past four years, making his company, Les Chocolats de l’Iris (soon to be renamed Les Chocolats Marcolini), … Continue reading Pierre Marcolini buys back Nestlé share
Renowned Breton chocolatier and caramel maker Henri Le Roux has just opened his first shop in Paris. Located on rue de Bourbon le Château, in the heart of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, the new store offers Monsieur Le Roux’s famous salted butter caramels, fabulous ganaches and pralines, single-origin chocolate bars, fruit jellies, wonderful marrons glacés (glaced … Continue reading Chocolatier and caramel maker Henri Le Roux opens shop in Paris
Celebrity French chef Cyril Lignac has just opened a pâtisserie in the heart of Paris’s 11th arrondissement, just across from his restaurant Le Chardenoux. Named La Pâtisserie by Cyril Lignac, the shop is a collaboration between Chef Lignac and former Fauchon pastry chef Benoît Couvrand. Together they offer modern adaptations of traditional french pastries and … Continue reading La Pâtisserie by Cyril Lignac opens in Paris
Salon du Chocolat has just closed its doors in Paris for another year. But in a city where chocolate is as almost as ubiquitous as art, there’s already another chocolate fair coming up. Chocorama, Paris’s “chocolate market”, is taking place from November 11-13, 2011 at Espace des Blancs Manteaux, in the Marais district. Thirty-five French … Continue reading Chocorama chocolate fair November 11-13
The legendary tea room Angelina is set to open another tea room in Paris at the Musée du Luxembourg (6th arr.). Housed in a brand new building designed by architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines, the combined tea room, café and restaurant will offer museum visitors light lunches, desserts and its famous hot chocolate … Continue reading New Angelina tea room at Musée du Luxembourg
The annual Awards du Chocolat were held yesterday afternoon in Paris at the Salon du Chocolat, which runs until Monday, October 24, 2011. Organised by Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat, L’Express Styles and Salon du Chocolat, the annual awards are given to the best chocolatiers in France. The best chocolatiers for 2011 were named as … Continue reading Best French chocolatier awards for 2011
