🚨 Attention Chocolate Lovers 🍫 🚨
This chocolate maker is the most coveted by Michelin ⭐️ pastry chefs… and you probably haven’t heard of them
Read on to visit chocolate valhalla 🙌
This chocolate maker is the most coveted by Michelin ⭐️ pastry chefs… and you probably haven’t heard of them
Read on to visit chocolate valhalla 🙌
One summer, BITD, I was spending vacation time working for free in NYC at a 3* Michelin to learn under a pastry chef
That’s right, even though I was a savory cook I wanted to be proficient in bread, baking and pastry.
That’s right, even though I was a savory cook I wanted to be proficient in bread, baking and pastry.
Getting to work with this chef was a dream because he was somewhat of a “god” in the pastry circle of food & his star was peaking
One thing that impressed me was the importance Chef stressed on quality of ingredients
Fresh fruit from Union Square market, ofc, but also chocolate
One thing that impressed me was the importance Chef stressed on quality of ingredients
Fresh fruit from Union Square market, ofc, but also chocolate
Until that time Valhrona was the standard in all the high end kitchens I had seen, plus a few other producers
But this chef was using a superb and surreal chocolate I had never heard of or tasted
It was a French choclatier... Michel Cluizel
But this chef was using a superb and surreal chocolate I had never heard of or tasted
It was a French choclatier... Michel Cluizel
Founded in the French town of Damville in Normandy in 1948 by Marc Cluize.
This is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker that started in a home kitchen and grew into the premier chocolate maker in the culinary world.
What makes Cluizel Unique?
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This is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker that started in a home kitchen and grew into the premier chocolate maker in the culinary world.
What makes Cluizel Unique?
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One of the few chocolatiers in the 🌍 to work 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗮
not from chocolate/cocoa paste supplied by a third party
They patented 'cacaofèvier' to describe a bean-to-bar chocolate maker, to distinguish themselves from competitors
not from chocolate/cocoa paste supplied by a third party
They patented 'cacaofèvier' to describe a bean-to-bar chocolate maker, to distinguish themselves from competitors
The chocolate is now produced in Damville, Normandy & West Berlin, New Jersey under strict quality control that is overseen by the children of the family.
Cluizel’s Single Origin Chocolate’s are unparalleled.
Here's why:
Cluizel’s Single Origin Chocolate’s are unparalleled.
Here's why:
Pretty much all single origin chocolates are made using cocoa from a particular 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼n
Cluizel goes a step farther and uses only cocoa from a specific 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺/𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
The spectrum of flavors are all expressed purely from the cacao and resulting cocoa ⬇️
Cluizel goes a step farther and uses only cocoa from a specific 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺/𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
The spectrum of flavors are all expressed purely from the cacao and resulting cocoa ⬇️
From caramel, honey, gingerbread, apricots, licorice, apple butter, to name a few, are just some of the flavors expressed through these exquisite chocolates
If you want to taste all the plantations without buying full bars, they have a tasting box available for purchase.
If you want to taste all the plantations without buying full bars, they have a tasting box available for purchase.
On the website they offer guided tastings which I think is cool af.
Simply get your chocolate ready, press play. The recording guides you through the visuals/audio of chocolate origin, followed by flavors you should be tasting, then you can give feedback if you tasted them
Simply get your chocolate ready, press play. The recording guides you through the visuals/audio of chocolate origin, followed by flavors you should be tasting, then you can give feedback if you tasted them
Looking for the ultimate dark chocolate experience?
Get their “Noir Infini” bar which boasts a 99% cocoa solid and is simply stunning.
They also have a full line of standard bars and gourmand-flavored bars if that’s your jam.
Get their “Noir Infini” bar which boasts a 99% cocoa solid and is simply stunning.
They also have a full line of standard bars and gourmand-flavored bars if that’s your jam.
Don’t forget that as a chocolatier they have a line of individual chocolates and truffles in bagged or boxed collections and are the tastiest treats in the world 🤤
So next time you need a chocolate fix... I encourage you to seek out the chocolate masters of Michel Cluizel
Safe to say... there's no going back after indulging 🙌
You deserve the best and your taste buds will thank you 🤝
Safe to say... there's no going back after indulging 🙌
You deserve the best and your taste buds will thank you 🤝
Link here for US: cluizel.us
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