Grand-Place® Chocolate: where passion meets expertise
Grand-Place® « Gardener of Chocolate™ » is an independent Belgian chocolate manufacturer offering a full range of couverture chocolate, compound chocolate and decorations to professionals working in four specific industries: Food Service (hotels and restaurants), Bakeries, Confectionery industry and Ice-cream industry.
Hybrid
Grand-Place® is a truly hybrid company with three production facilities.
Belgium, where the tradition of chocolate was born, Vietnam, a cocoa bean producing country and Japan, well known for its modernism and its fusion approach in gastronomy. Grand-Place Group® headquarters are located in Belgium, with sales offices in USA, India and Cambodia as well as several strategic distributors in Asia and North America.
History
1984: Creation of Grand-Place® brand by Gricha Safarian in Belgium
1991: Opening of the Grand-Place® praline factory in Japan (Narita)
1993: First visit to Vietnam with the Belgian Economic mission
1994: Opening of the Grand-Place® Representation Office in Vietnam
1997: Production of chocolate decorations in Vietnam on a small scale
1999: Opening of the first US sales office in USA
2001: Investment in the first Grand Place® factory in Vietnam
2008: Investment and close work with cocoa farmers in Vietnam
2009: Inauguration of the new factory in Vietnam
Grand Place® opens Sales office in Cambodia
2010: Grand-Place® opens a new office in India
Opening of a cocoa collection and fermentation station in Ben Tre
2011: launch of the first 100% Vietnam origin couverture
At Grand-Place® we combine more than 25 years of experience, knowledge and
passion to bring our customers the best chocolate for every purpose and every occasion.
Chocolate couvertures, coatings, truffle shells, pate a' glacer, decorations, cocoa powder, chocoshave and chocoform
