Chocolats Valrhona - Valrhona products, chocolate box, chocophiles
Dedicated to lovers of Grand Chocolat, Valrhona branded products are available in bars, gift boxes and 'ballotin' boxes. Discover a palette of exceptional characteristic and balanced flavours in our gift boxes, perfect for every occasion.
INSPIRING THE WORLD OF GASTRONOMY
Created in 1922 by a pastry chef from the Rhone Valley in France, Valrhona, a registered trademark since 1947, has become renowned as the world leader of Grand Chocolat.Fully understanding Valrhona’s success story means appreciating its vocation to harmoniously and expertly accompany the greatest confectioners; prizing its ambition to innovate, to create hand-in-hand with the world’s most reputed pastry chefs and caterers; and treasuring its eternal, committed Quest for Excellence.Inspiring the world of gastronomy, Valrhona, is the supreme reference in Grand Chocolat for 20,000 customers in 60 countries.A unique chocolate maker, Valrhona proposes an exclusive selection of couverture chocolate, a range of innovative service products, and much, much more to professional customers. For connoisseurs and chocolate lovers, Valrhona brand-name products can be enjoyed in squares and bars, in gift cases, or in boxes. To discover and rediscover in delicatessens, airport boutiques, select department stores.
A SUPREME REFERENCE IN CHOCOLATE
From Los Angeles to Tokyo, from Madrid to Singapore, from Sydney to Copenhagen, Valrhona reigns supreme over the Grand Chocolat. Through its purest, most divine creations, through its meticulous, precise expertise, Valrhona has written a long History of Taste, which perfectly illustrates and seals the recognition given to it by professionals and gourmet chocolate lovers around the world: the history of... tasting uniqueness.
Pursuing their Quest for Excellence even further, professionals and experts from the five continents meet together for exclusive workshops initiated by the Ecole du Grand Chocolat.They have been welcomed at the prestigious training and knowledge-sharing centre of Tain l’Hermitage since 1988, and at the one in Tokyo since 2007.A forerunner, Valrhona is committed to perfecting the fine art of the cocoa culture network.
PLANTING
A passionate planter, Valrhona has been deeply involved in integrated cultivation and in the rediscovery of long-lost or threatened cocoa varieties for many years. It is only by respecting nature, its rhythm, and the work of men that Valrhona can acquire the finest cocoa, from the moment it is planted, to create its exclusive Grands Chocolats. Valrhona never purchases its cocoa randomly from a fluctuating or unfair market, but invests itself totally and passionately right from the source of cocoa production. Long-standing, mutual trust partnerships developed with planters have borne their fruit: cocoa of the rarest, purest quality, offering the opportunity to create the most exclusive Grands Chocolats.
SELECTING
For Valrhona, the notion of origin, of source alone is not enough to create cocoa of the finest quality; unless, of course, it absolutely satisfies the meticulous criteria required by the passion for Taste. For this reason, and long before the creation of its Grands Chocolats, Valrhona travels the world, seeking out the finest land and selecting that rare cocoa with its unique, remarkable organoleptic profile.
BLENDING
Following in the footsteps of the renowned “nez” who creates unique perfumes, Valrhona, within the sanctum of its cocoabase, composes ingeniously, inventively original, unique blends for its inimitable-tasting Grands Chocolats. Their secret? The harmony of the finest cocoa, of different varieties, of different origins, blended to unveil rare, exquisite aromas and flavours.
CREATING
Creation is the essence of the History of Valrhona. Throughout every phase of product development, creation inspires successes such as Xocopili, the chef-dedicated spicy chocolate, or those exclusive recipes that uniquely blend Grands Chocolats with sensational fruity or spicy ingredients. For Valrhona, pure refined subtlety is the quintessence of a sublime creation.