10 Best Chocolatiers in the World
If you’re wondering which are the best chocolatiers in the world, Ealuxe has the answer!
These 10 chocolatiers produce the finest chocolate, using only the finest ingredients.
Each chocolatier produces signature chocolates, such as a champagne truffle, a praline, colored chocolate, fudge, dark chocolate bars and the list can continue.
One thing is certain. All 10 produce chocolate that just simply melts in your mouth.
10Puccini Bomboni – Amsterdam, Netherlands
We begin our top 10 list of the world’s best chocolatiers with Puccini Bomboni.
Located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Puccini Bomboni offers the ultimate chocolate experience.
Although this amazing cafe and restaurant do not deliver, it offers exotic combinations of chocolate and spices.
As expected, it received only positive reviews: ‘The best chocolate you could ever taste! It’s true that these treats aren’t cheap but they are worth every penny!
These extremely scrumptious chocolates are artfully shaped and have different fillings from traditional ones such as honey and lemon grass which are the tastiest to special ones such as thyme and pepper.
Every piece of chocolate at Puccini Bomboni is a pure bliss in itself! I am still dreaming of them every day.
Puccini Bomboni is a must if you visit the Netherlands. There are 2 branches in Amsterdam & they both close at 6 pm.’
9Richart – Paris, France
We continue our top 10 list with Richart.
French chocolate maker Richart has won the ‘Ruban Bleu’, France’s most prestigious confectioner’s honor, several times.
Richart chocolate boutiques are the best places where you’ll find French macarons and gourmet chocolate, such as: ‘French Pates de Fruits'( with 5 different flavors), ‘Infuzzz Chocolates’, ‘Dark Chocolate Bars’ ‘The Chocolate Vault’, ‘Nut-Free Indulgences’ and ‘Spread The Love!’ (which are mini heart-shaped chocolates filled with salted-butter caramel and dark chocolate praline).
A box of assorted chocolates definitely looks visually stunning.
If you want to impress your loved one, then the $850 burlwood vault with 7 drawers of chocolate is the best way to do it.
Review: ‘As a life long chocoholic and lecturer at chocolate awareness educational seminars and chocolate tasting sessions around the world, I have had the privilege of sampling a broad spectrum of product from leading manufacturers and chocolatiers.
None, however, approaches the artistry, elegance, complexity, originality and sheer perfection of taste as do the chocolates created by Michel Richart.
Each of his offerings presents a different sensation to the palette … spicy, sweet, bitter, pungent. I especially recommend Richart’s Salted Butter Caramel Coulis. It’s an over-the-top chocolate experience that lingers and lasts on the palette and in the mind.’
8Richard Donnelly Fine Chocolates – Santa Cruz, California
Richard Donelly’s chocolate are well known as being … unusual.
Combining Belgian and French chocolate with lavender, cardamom, Earl Grey tea, saffron and chipotle, Richard Donelly has won the Best Artisan award at the Euro Chocolate Festival in Perugia, Italy, thanks to this innovation.
This definitely is one of the world’s best chocolatiers, and it produces 50 pounds of chocolate a day.
However, if you’re not a fan of these unusual flavors, then you should try Richard Donnelly’s white chocolate macadamia nut or honey vanilla caramel.
7Godiva Chocolatier – Brussels, Belgium
Godiva Chocolatier ranks #7 on our top 10 list of the best chocolatiers in the world.
Founded in 1926, in Belgium, by Joseph Draps, Godiva Chocolatier sells premium, delicious chocolates and in addition to those, also sells coffee, cocoa, biscuits, truffles, chocolate liqueur, shakes, and dipped fruits and sweets.
On December 20, 2007, Godiva was bought by Yildiz Holding, based in Istanbul, Turkey, for $850 million.
Godiva ‘pralines’, typical Belgian filled chocolates, are consumed all over the world.
Today, Godiva owns and operates more than 450 shops worldwide and even has a store in the Harrods Food Hall.
6Valrhona – France
Based in the town of Tain-l’Hermitage, the luxury chocolate manufacturer, Valrhona, is now a subsidiary of Bongrain.
Founded in 1922, by French pastry chef Alberic Guironnet, the company features 5 subsidiaries and 60 local distributors across the globe.
Not to mention, only 600 employees who are doing their best to offer some of the most tasteful chocolate that comes in a variety of bars.
With cocoa beans purchased directly from premier plantations in South america, the Pacific regions and the Caribbean, Valrhona’s chocolate has been considered to be like wine, labeling creations as ‘grand cru’ and vintage chocolate from bean to bar.
5Norman Love Confections – Ft. Myers, Florida
This chocolatier served as corporate pastry chef for Ritz-Carlton from 1988-2001, and has opened hotel pastry kitchens in locations such as Dubai, Bali and Boston.
In 2002, Normal Love Confections was named one of the top 10 artisan chocolate companies in the country and one of the top 3 companies in the country, by Consumer Reports.
Each candy is hand-painted or airbrushed into chocolate molds, filled with the finest chocolate imported from France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Using bananas, ginger, caramel, hazelnuts, pureed raspberries, and passion fruit, these chocolate candies are delicious and they became well known for their colored design.
‘Chocolate is my passion!‘, said Norman Love.
4Jacques Torres Chocolate – New York
Known as ‘Mr. Chocolate, pastry chef Jacques Torres is a prominent member of the International Culinary Center community, receiving several awards such as ‘James Beard Foundation Pastry Chef of the Year’.
Also, he is the host of the Food Network TV show ‘Chocolate with Jacques Torres’ and the author of 2 ‘Dessert Circus’ books.
In 2004, the pastry chef opened his chocolate factory, as well as a second retail location in Manhattan, called ‘Jacques Torres Chocolate Haven’.
Specializing in fresh, handcrafted chocolates, Jacques Torres owns 5 shops in New York and 1 in Harrah’s, Atlantic City.
3Scharffen Berger Chocolate – Berkeley, California
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker is a line of chocolate produced by Artisan Confections Company, which is a subsidiary of The Hershey Company.
Formerly Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, an independent California-based chocolate maker, the company was acquired by The Hershey Company in 2005.
It was the first American company in the past 50 years to make chocolate ‘from bean to bar’.
Scharffen Berger primarily produces chocolate bars.
Specializing in dark chocolate, the company makes chocolate using artisanal manufacturing methods, making all the chocolate in small batches.
2Vosges Haut-Chocolat – Chicago, Illinois
Located in Chicago, Vosges Haut-Chocolat ranked #2 on our top 10 list. And for good reason.
Owned by Katrina Markoff, who also created the ‘Wild Ophelia’ brand, Vosges Haut-Chocolat offer exotic varieties of luxury chocolate, flavored with spices and even bacon.
We recommend the popular ‘Black Pearl Chocolate’ (made with dark chocolate, black sesame seeds and ginger), ‘Mo’s Milk Chocolate Bacon Bar’, and ‘Red Fire Chocolat’ (made with dark chocolate, Mexican chili and cinnamon).
1Teuscher – Zurich, Switzerland
Founded in 1932, by Dolf Teuscher, Zurich-based chocolate manufacturer has stores all over the planet!
That’s a big bonus which placed Teuscher on first position: Geneva, New York City, Berlin, Tokyo, Seul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Abu Dhabi, Beverly Hills, Toronto, these are only a few locations.
The Teuscher chocolate tradition began more than 70 years ago, when Dolf Teuscher traveled through the world in order to find the finest fruits, marzipan, nuts, cocoa and all the other ingredients which were necessary to make his confectionery.
After years of experimenting, he managed to create his now famous recipes. Today, Teuscher makes more than 100 varieties of chocolates, using the original recipes.
Do you know which is the house specialty? Sure is something you have to try!
We recommend the Teuscher specialty: champagne truffle, a blend of fresh chocolate, cream and butter with a champagne cream center, dusted with sugar.
This concludes our cover on the best chocolatiers in the world!
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