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Cyril Huet 2023 Grand Paris Pâtisserie Chef Winner

Salon du Chocolat is One Big Candy Store!

by Colleen's Paris October 30, 2023
Life in ParisShopping & Markets & Events written by Colleen's Paris

Welcome to the largest chocolate store in the world! In 2023, the Salon du Chocolat store supplies gigantic chocolate croissants, a 5-meter tall spire topped with a chocolate puppy (LuLu), global and exotic chocolate-producing locations, 250 chocolate and pastry shops, the latest chocolate dresses and capes and competitions like: Who …

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The Salon du Chocolat 2022 Offered Fashion and a Chocolate Bugatti

by Colleen's Paris November 1, 2022
Life in ParisShopping & Markets & Events written by Colleen's Paris

What do you do with 400 kilos (881 pounds) of chocolate? You build a Bugatti Grand Prix type 35, of course! The Bugatti was one of the numerous creative chocolate sculptures at the Salon du Chocolat’s 27th edition in Paris at Porte de Versailles.  The event is always scheduled for the last …

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Chocolate Lovers: 27th Salon du Chocolat in Paris

by Colleen's Paris October 24, 2022
Life in ParisShopping & Markets & Events written by Colleen's Paris

Are you a chocolate lover? Are you ready to travel around the world and discover chocolate countries? Have you ever seen a chocolate fashion show? Get ready for the 27th edition of the Salon du Chocolat de Paris. This is the world’s largest event dedicated to chocolate. The event returns to Pavilion 5 …

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Exploring the Musée de l’Art moderne and YSL

by Colleen's Paris April 6, 2022
Exhibitions & ArtFashion & Decorative Arts written by Colleen's Paris

What happens when your tour guide does not show up at the art museum? You become the beholder of the beauty on your own: Couturier art, painted art, creative food art and chocolate art. When the guide did not show up, a group of us walked into the Musée d’Art …

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Painting of the chocolate factory à la Petite Fabrique on rue Saint-Sabin in the Bastille

Saying Goodbye to Icons in the Bastille Neighborhood

by Colleen's Paris January 12, 2018
Life in ParisNeighborhoods & Walks written by Colleen's Paris

Living in a small neighborhood of the Bastille, the hardest phrases to hear over the last year have been: “We’re closing and retiring” and “They have sold the shop for their retirement”: Holmes, the stationery store, and now à la Petite Fabrique, the chocolate factory. Holmes was transformed into an upscale …

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What’s On in Paris – March

by Colleen's Paris March 3, 2011
Life in ParisShopping & Markets & Events written by Colleen's Paris

FREE INVITATIONS! Our mailbox often contains invitations to food fairs. At the fairs, we buy something such as wine, cassoulet, foie gras, walnuts, hazelnuts, or other items produced regionally. The producer takes our name and address and sends us an invitation for the next exhibition. Instead of paying five euros …

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