WA chocolatier is a person or company who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients.
WThis is a list of notable chocolatiers. A chocolatier is a person who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients.
WAalst Chocolate is a manufacturer of industrial chocolates and compounds, gourmet chocolates and related products. It was established in 2003 in Singapore, by Richard Lee and Connie Kwan, who are currently Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer respectively. They are the first chocolate factory to be fully owned and managed by Singaporeans.
WAnthon Berg is a Danish chocolatier and the name of a corporate division within Toms International. The company produces a diverse variety of chocolate products. The title "Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court" was awarded to Anthon Berg in 1957.
WChantal Jane Coady O.B.E., is a British chocolatier, author and business woman, was born on 17 April 1959 in Tehran, Iran and has lived and worked in London since the mid-1970s. Founder of Rococo Chocolates in 1983, Coady was made OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of June 2014 "for services to chocolate making". She studied at Mary Datchelor School at the age of 16.
WChristine Ferber is a French pastry chef and chocolatier, who co-owns La Maison Ferber in Niedermorschwihr, Alsace region of France. She sells over 200,000 jars of jam a year across the world.
WGilbert White Ganong was a Canadian politician, the 14th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and co-founder of Ganong Bros. Limited, candy makers in the town of St. Stephen.
WDomenico "Domingo" Ghirardelli was an Italian-born chocolatier who was the founder of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in San Francisco, California.
WMott Green was an American businessman and chocolatier, who founded the Grenada Chocolate Company in 1999. An edition of The Food Programme was devoted to Mott Green in June 2013.
WMilton Snavely Hershey was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.
WCoenraad Johannes van Houten was a Dutch chemist and chocolate maker known for the treatment of cocoa mass with alkaline salts to remove the bitter taste and make cocoa solids more water-soluble; the resulting product is still called "Dutch process chocolate". He is also credited with introducing a method for pressing the fat from roasted cocoa beans, though this was in fact his father, Casparus van Houten's invention.
WLeonidas Kestekides was a Greekborn-Belgian chocolate manufacturer, founder of the internationally famous Leonidas company in Belgium. The company's primary focus is pralines, but they also sell marzipan, solid chocolates, and other confectionery.
WEmeril John Lagassé III is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regional James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and his self-developed "New New Orleans" style.
WPierre Marcolini is a Belgian chocolatier born in Charleroi in 1964.
WFranklin Clarence Mars, sometimes known as Frank C. Mars, was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar.
WJean-Antoine Brutus Menier was a French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Germain-de-Bourgeuil, Indre-et-Loire, he was the third child in a family of merchants. In 1811 Antoine Brutus Menier was enrolled in the La Flèche Military Academy where he studied the composition of pharmaceuticals. The following year the 17-year-old served with the medical staff of La Grande Armée in Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In 1813 he was employed at Val-de-Grâce military hospital in Paris.
WÉmile-Justin Menier, French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician, was born in Paris. In 1853, on the death of his father, Antoine, Émile-Justin Menier inherited a large and successful Parisian company that manufactured a range of medicinal powders.
WAlbert Poulain was a French chocolatier and industrialist who directed Chocolat Poulain from 1874 to 1893. He was also the first president of the Chamber of commerce of Loir-et-Cher from 1896 to 1920.
WDarren Purchese is a British pastry chef, author and television personality. He is the creator of the popular cake and dessert business, Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio, in Melbourne, Australia. Darren is a regular guest chef on Network 10's Masterchef Australia.
WLuisa Spagnoli, was an Italian businesswoman, famous for creating a brand of women's clothing company and chocolate factory Perugina.
WThorntons Limited is a British chocolate manufacturer, which was established by Joseph William Thornton and his father, in 1911. The company was bought by the Italian firm Ferrero in June 2015 for £112m.
WKirsten Tibballs is a pastry chef and chocolatier. Tibballs has represented Australia at world championships and as a judge for global competitions. In 2002 Tibballs founded Savour Chocolate and Patisserie School in Brunswick, Melbourne. Tibballs is the author of two cookbooks, a regular contributor to pastry publications and has featured on several television shows including MasterChef Australia. As one of the most followed female pastry chefs on Instagram, Tibballs is regularly referred to as the ‘Queen of Chocolate’ due to her contribution to the chocolate industry.
WKarl Ernst Wedel was a German confectioner of the Wedel family, who settled in Warsaw.
WPaul Andrew Young is an English chocolatier, pâtissier and television personality.