François Pralus began his career as a pastry chef, but today his name is synonymous with fine chocolate.

After training alongside his father, Auguste Pralus, holder of the highly coveted Meilleur Ouvrier de France distinction, then with the Chocolaterie Bernachon in Lyon, and Ecole Lenôtre in Paris, François Pralus took over celebrated pâtisserie founded by his father in Roanne, France.

The Pralus pâtisserie, which has six locations in France, is notably famous for creating the Praluline, a “Marvellous buttery brioche filled with rose pralines,” as French food critic Gilles Pudlowski describes it.

François Pralus soon decided to create a special laboratory entirely dedicated to the art of fine chocolate. He opened the store in Paris in 2008.

Today, he is one of the rare French master chocolatiers who make their own chocolate from raw cacao beans (Michel Cluizel being another).

Pralus chocolate is used by many of the finest chocolatiers in France and around the world. The company’s chocolates are notably exported throughout Europe, Japan and the United States

Gault Millau named him “Best Chocolate Maker in Paris” in its 2009 guide.

One of its most recognizable creations is the Pyramide des Tropiques, half a kilo of superb single-origin chocolate bars.

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François Pralus
35, rue de Rambuteau, 75004 Paris
Tel. +33 0)1 57 40 84 55
Métro: Rambuteau
Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10am to 7:30pm; Sun. 10am to 7pm

44, rue Cler, 75007 Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 45 56 13 75
Métro: Ecole Militaire
Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10am to 7:30pm; Sun. 9am to 2pm