Valrhona
Sign in to saveValrhona is a French premium chocolate manufacturer based in the small town of Tain-l'Hermitage in Hermitage, a wine-growing district near Lyon. It is now a subsidiary of Savencia Fromage & Dairy. The company was founded in 1922 by a French pastry chef, Albéric Guironnet, 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. The company also maintains the École du Grand Chocolat, a school for professional chefs with a focus on chocolate-based dishes and pastries. In 2015 Valrhona ope
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Valrhona is a French organization established in 1922, with a specific inception date recorded as January 1, 1954. The entity operates under the legal name VALRHONA and maintains an active status within the jurisdiction of France. Its primary location is situated in the city of Tain-L'Hermitage.
The company is associated with premium French baking chocolate, chocolate bars, and cocoa bars. It holds an Egapro gender equality index of 93.
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Key facts
- Company.name
- Valrhona
- Company.logo_size
- 180px
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.foundation
- 1922
- Company.founder
- Alberic Guironnet
- Company.location_city
- Tain-l'Hermitage
- Company.location_country
- France
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Confectionery production
- Company.products
- Chocolates
- Company.num_employees
- 500–999
- Company.num_employees_year
- 2020
- Company.parent
- Savencia Fromage & Dairy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Official name
- VALRHONA
- Country
- France
- Headquarters
- Tain-l'Hermitage
- Legal form
- société par actions simplifiée
- Official website
- www.valrhona.com
- Motto
- Le chocolat, le vrai !
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- Commons category
- Valrhona
- Egapro gender equality index
- 93
- inception
- 1954-01-01
- product or material produced
- chocolate
- native label
- Valrhona
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