The 19th annual edition of the Salon du Chocolat is just around the corner, taking place in Paris from October 30 to November 3, 2013. This year’s show is bigger than ever, with two showroom levels and 20,000 square metres of exhibition space–nearly double the size of last year’s show–devoted to chocolate in all its … Continue reading Salon du Chocolat 2013: The Magic of Chocolate!
Ever dreamed of taking a French pastry class in a real Parisian pastry shop? This could be your chance. Chef Sébastien Gaudard of Pâtisserie des Martyrs is offering a series of hands-on pastry workshops this fall. Chef Gaudard and his team will be sharing techniques and secrets for successfully making meringue, eclairs, croquembouche, kougelhopf, rhum … Continue reading Pâtisserie des Martyrs: Fall pastry workshops
La Maison du Chocolat is setting up a pop-up store in the Printemps department store on boulevard Haussmann (9th arr.). In addition to daily chocolate demonstrations, the 80-square-metre temporary venue, designed as a chocolate “tasting area,” will offer a full range of the company’s gourmet chocolates, pastries, macarons and ice cream, along with hot and … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat pop-up store at Printemps de la Mode
Centre des Monuments Nationaux will be holding its annual Easter egg hunt at some 53 castles, fortresses, archaeological sites and other national monuments across France on Sunday, March 31, 2013. The event, called Œufs, énigmes et chocolat (eggs, enigmas and chocolate), is a fun way for children and their families to learn about history and … Continue reading Œufs, énigmes et chocolat and other Easter egg hunts in and around Paris
With spring just around the corner, so is Jour du Macaron! On Wednesday, March 20 macaron lovers in Paris and throughout France are invited to indulge in the tasty treat while supporting a worthy cause. Here’s how it works: participating pâtisseries are offering visitors free macarons on March 20. In turn, the stores will be accepting … Continue reading Jour du Macaron 2013
Legendary chef Alain Ducasse, known for his Michelin-starred restaurants, cooking schools and cookbooks, has embarked on another tasty adventure, this time with chocolate. Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse, Paris’s newest chocolate shop, officially opened in February in the heart of the trendy Bastille neighbourhood. Located at the back of a small courtyard at 40, rue de la … Continue reading Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse: A bean-to-bar operation
Ladurée‘s new chocolate shop in Paris, Les Marquis de Ladurée, quietly opened its doors in December, in the midst of the holiday season. Located just a few steps away from the upscale place Vendôme, the new shop is the company’s first store devoted entirely to chocolate. (Ladurée previously operated a small chocolate shop next door … Continue reading Les Marquis de Ladurée
