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 "No matter which item you choose, you can always expect bean-to-bar chocolate that embodies Valrhona's four pillars: quality, innovation, sustainability, ethics, and respect for the environment." 

 "Valrhona is the Harvard of Chocolate Schools. They have professioal pastry schools at four locations across the world and also offer classes to the public at their Brooklyn location." 

 "Valrhona, the French chocolate manufacturer beloved by pastry chefs and chocolatiers, is collaborating with top pastry and dessert shops in New York City for the second annual Hot Chocolate Festival." 

"Hot Chocolate Festival [ … ] put on by premium cocoa producers Valrhona. The whole thing kicks off with a party at Ladurée Soho on January 18."

"And that is exactly what I feel every evening as I break off a large piece of chocolate from one of Valrhona’s new baking bars."

 "They’ve approached the art of making chocolate with a very hands-on process, including to monitor everything in their line of production, including how the cacao is grown and refined into chocolate." 

"From Jan. 21 to Feb. 5, bakeries and pastry shops around the city -- including big names like Dominique Ansel Kitchen (home of the blooming hot chocolate), Laduree and Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery -- will be selling specialty hot chocolates to help benefit Valrhona’s Clean Water Project."

"Last year, the French chocolate manufacturer Valrhona, started L’École Valrhona Brooklyn, with special consumer classes on Saturdays." 

"Valrhona will also debut an entirely new type of chocolate."

"This week the luxury French chocolate company Valrhona opened a new school and hub for their brand in the U.S., L'École Valrhona Brooklyn."

 "The school's state-of-the-art location offers more rigorous classes for culinary professionals, in addition to their recreational classes."

"L’Ecole du Grand Chocolat Valrhona, which opened in DUMBO this year, is offering classes for home bakers."

"This ultra-rich, dense mousse shows off the unique, smoky character of Valrhona chocolate."

"Warm chocolate soufflé cakes are always a big hit at our dinners, and this cake, prepared by Kevin Penner of Della Femina in East Hampton, New York, was no exception. France’s prized Valrhona chocolate is the star of the richly delicious dessert."

"I would love to have the recipe for the Valrhona chocolate pudding served at the City Limits Diner, in Stamford, Connecticut."

 "We Were Doing Bean to Bar Before Bean to Bar Was Born"

"Valrhona offers weekend chocolate and pastry making classes in their newly opened L'Ecole Valrhona in the heart of Dumbo, Brooklyn."

"Valrhona is launching us into the coming season with its Holiday Chocolate Workshop, hosted by pastry chef, Sarah Kosikowski."

"Combat the frigid temperatures at the Hot Chocolate Festival, hosted by the cocoa connoisseurs at Valrhona."

 "At the top of the chocolate chain sits a little French company, called Valrhona, which buys or harvests from its own plantation nearly 30 percent of the world's premium chocolate, while producing less than 1 percent by volume. "