Spring is in the air at La Maison du Chocolat. Chef Nicolas Cloiseau’s beautifully handcrafted Easter chocolate collection features a field of chocolate daisies soaking up the sun! In this latest holiday creation, Chef Cloiseau has imagined a world where flowers bloom from Easter eggs. He draws luminous petals, sculpts arms waving in mid-air, paints lips bright red, and trims … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat: A family of Easter daisies
Chocolatier Nicolas Cloiseau, chef and creative director of La Maison du Chocolat, has been named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. France’s minister of culture and communication, Audrey Azoulay, presented the prestigious award to Chef Cloiseau and seven other artisans from Comité Colbert companies at a ceremony held at the ministry on February 17, 2016. … Continue reading Nicolas Cloiseau named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Master chocolatier, pâtissier and glacier Gilles Marchal apprenticed with chocolatier and pastry chef Claude Bourguignon in the Lorraine region before heading to Paris, where he worked at prestigious establishments such as Le Crillon, the Plaza Athénée and Le Bristol. In 2007, he succeeded Robert Linxe, founder of La Maison du Chocolat, as creative director of the … Continue reading Gilles Marchal
For its Easter chocolate collection, La Maison du Chocolat teamed up with the French luxury trunk-maker Moynat to create some striking accessories for its chocolate geese. Indeed, for the chocolate trunks and bags featured in his Easter Flight collection, Chef Nicolas Cloiseau drew his inspiration from the famous curved luxury trunks handcrafted by Moynat Paris. Chef Cloiseau also created a unique chocolate … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat & Moynat
Easter chocolate takes flight at La Maison du Chocolat! Master Chef Nicolas Cloiseau has fashioned a flock of dapper chocolate geese dressed in vintage aviator attire. Entirely handcrafted in chocolate, the collection features plenty of attention to detail, from the smooth patina and exotic skins of the leather trunks and suitcases, with their tiny clasps, locks and … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat: Easter flight
For Valentine’s Day, La Maison du Chocolat‘s Master Chef Nicolas Cloiseau has created a delicately sweet and flavourful chocolate and caramel collection. Chef Cloiseau’s tasty collection features gourmand savoir-faire, revealed through a touch of fruit, the crunch of praliné, or the unexpected hint of sugar. The elegance of rich, smooth caramel is a revelation in these chocolates, with reinvented notes that … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat: Caramel sensations
For this year’s holiday season, Nicolas Cloiseau, master chef of La Maison du Chocolat, has envisioned a Christmas collection that is both graceful and architectural. Chef Cloiseau’s exquisitely decorated bûche de Noël has sleek chocolate “branches” fanning out along its length. And his stylised collection of chocolate Christmas trees features intricate mendiant ornaments suspended between delicate layers of chocolate. Bûche Merveilleuse features hazelnut … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat Noël 2014 Christmas collection
