My Passion for Chocolate
Someone asked me the other day, “Why did you open your second outlet?” Most people think that it was natural for me to expand my business, seeing the relative success of my first café at Robertson Quay. But in fact, the second café and chocolate bar was born out of my quest to make better chocolates, not to make more chocolates for sale. My Portsdown outlet has a bigger and better equipped kitchen, which gives me more space and freedom to experiment and make flawless creations…creations worthy of your attention and enjoyment.
My cafés are more than a business; they represent my lifelong passion for chocolates. I have been working with chocolates for more than 20 years now, which has brought me from my hometown in France to London, Bermuda, USA and Israel before I settled in Singapore and set up my own shop. From the day I opened my first café in 2006, I have been spending long hours in the kitchen every day, tweaking recipes over and over again until they are perfect. Recently, I spent three full days just perfecting my chocolate éclairs. This means that when you order a chocolate éclair at one of my cafés on your next visit, it will taste better than the one you had previously. I only serve creations that I am proud of. I am very thankful to have my wife, Iveta, who takes care of the other details of running the business so that I can concentrate on my craft. She understands me like no one else does, and shares my ambitions and love for chocolates and desserts.