A family-run chocolate shop founded in 1910, Charles Chocolatier still makes all of its chocolates by hand using traditional recipes. The company offers a large selection of elegant gift boxes. Specialities also include hot chocolate, marrons glacés (candied chestnuts), fruit jellies, calissons (fruit and marzipan confection) and artisanal ice cream. Charles Chocolatier 15, rue de … Continue reading Charles Chocolatier
Located just off the elegant place des Vosges in the Marais district, Joséphine Vannier is one of Paris’s lesser known artisanal chocolate shops. But it’s not just an artisanal chocolate shop — it is also very much a chocolate art shop. The store’s eye-catching window displays are often filled with chocolate objects such as African-themed … Continue reading Joséphine Vannier
This elegant luxury chocolate shop was founded in 1936. Here you’ll find a wide assortment of chocolates, candied fruit, caramels, almonds and the company’s famous chocolate-dipped cherries. The company has four locations in Paris as well as an online store that ships within France. Côte de France 25, avenue de l’Opéra, 75001 Paris Tel. +33 … Continue reading Côte de France
One of the latest artisan chocolatiers to open shop in Paris is Franck Kestener, who opened his chocolate shop near the Jardin du Luxembourg in the fall of 2010. His flagship store in Sarreguemines (Moselle department) has been open since 2005. Chef Kestener, described on his website as a “chocolate alchemist,” is known for his … Continue reading Franck Kestener
Geveva-based chocolatier Philippe Pascoët, who is actually French and originally from Brittany, opened his chocolate shop in Paris in 2006. Tucked away on the quiet rue Saint-Placide (6th arr.), the tiny store is brimming with delicately flavoured ganaches made with subtle infusions of saffron, coriander, orange-ginger, bergamot, lavender, or even absinthe, to name just a … Continue reading Philippe Pascoët
Japanese-trained pastry chef Sadaharu Aoki arrived in France from Tokyo in 1991. Since then, he has established himself as one of Paris’s finest pastry chefs, creating exquisite pastries that combine simplicity, beauty and sublime flavours. After spending time at Jean Millet and Pierre Couderc pâtisseries, Chef Aoki worked for several years from his own atelier, … Continue reading Sadaharu Aoki
For many years Jacques Genin, one of Paris’s most reputed pâtissiers-chocolatiers, worked out of his laboratoire in the 15th arrondissement, producing his sweet gastronomic luxuries for Paris’s finest restaurants and hotels. Fortunately, Monsieur Genin opened his own storefront in 2008, a gorgeous, spacious locale in the Marais showcasing his exquisite confections: herb and spice-infused ganaches, … Continue reading Jacques Genin