Valrhona

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Valrhona
TypeSubsidiary of Savencia Fromage & Dairy
IndustryConfectionery production
Founded1922
Headquarters
Tain-l'Hermitage
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsChocolates
Number of employees
500 - 999 (2020)
Websitewww.valrhona.com

Valrhona is a French premium chocolate manufacturer based in the small town of Tain-l'Hermitage in Hermitage, a wine-growing district near Lyon.[1] It is now a subsidiary of Savencia Fromage & Dairy.[2][3] The company was founded in 1922[4] by a French pastry chef, , from the Rhône valley and has five subsidiaries and 60 local distributors across the globe. It is one of the leading producers of gastronomic chocolate in the world.[5] The company also maintains the École du Grand Chocolat, a school for professional chefs with a focus on chocolate-based dishes and pastries.[6] In 2015 Valrhona opened the École Valrhona Brooklyn, a pastry school in Brooklyn.[7]

Valrhona focuses mainly on high-grade luxury chocolate marketed for commercial use by chefs as well as for private consumption.[5] The product line includes chocolate confectionery, plain and flavored chocolate bars and bulk chocolate in bars or pellets. Valrhona produces vintage chocolate made from beans of a single year's harvest from a specific plantation, primarily the Grand Crus[8] which is grown in South America, Oceania and the Caribbean.

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  1. ^ Terrio, Susan Jane (2000). Crafting the Culture and History of French Chocolate. University of California Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-520-92394-2. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Valrhona peaufine son process à l'ancienne". L'usine Nouvelle (in French). 9 February 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. ^ Rosenblum, Mort (17 October 2006). Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light. Macmillan. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-0-86547-730-8. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Valrhona' s Expertise: from Cocoa Beans to Fine Chocolate Creations". Valrhona Chocolate. Valrhona. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Collins, Glenn. "Hoping Chefs Will Melt for Tcho Chocolate". November 2, 2010. New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Valrhona – Couverture Chocolates and Pralinés". SIRHA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ^ Rao, Tejal (21 April 2015). "Luxury French Chocolate Maker Valrhona Opens a School in Brooklyn". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ^ National Geographic Society, "The 10 best chocolatiers in the World" by Nathaniel Lande and Andrew Lande. 28 December 2012.

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