Charbonnel et Walker
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Charbonnel et Walker Chocolatier is a firm of chocolate makers based in Bond Street
London. Its current Chairman, Galvin Weston, has greatly expanded the business and has made Charbonnel a very 'high end' chocolate and its chocolates have even been presented to Queen Elizabeth II.
, in 1875 Mme Virginie Eugenie Lévy, née Charbonnel, of Maison Boissier chocolate house in Paris and Mrs Minnie Walker began a partnership in London as "Parisian Confectioners and Bon-Bon Manufacturers". The partnership of Charbonnel and [sic] Walker was dissolved on 16 April 1878 and Mrs Walker carried on alone until her death on 8 June 1883. The notice of death published in the London Gazette
referred to "Mary Ann Alphandery also known as Minnie Walker".
The company of Charbonnel and Walker Limited went into liquidation in June 1894.
The new firm of Charbonnel et Walker is now based in the Royal Arcade Bond Street, not far from the original premises, and manufactures its chocolates at its factory in Tunbridge Wells.
The connection with the royal family continues to the present day, Charbonnel et Walker hold a Royal Warrant
as Chocolate Manufacturers to the Queen
.
Bond Street
Bond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London that runs north-south through Mayfair between Oxford Street and Piccadilly. It has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century and is currently the home of many high price fashion shops...
London. Its current Chairman, Galvin Weston, has greatly expanded the business and has made Charbonnel a very 'high end' chocolate and its chocolates have even been presented to Queen Elizabeth II.
History
Encouraged by the then Prince of Wales, Edward VIIEdward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
, in 1875 Mme Virginie Eugenie Lévy, née Charbonnel, of Maison Boissier chocolate house in Paris and Mrs Minnie Walker began a partnership in London as "Parisian Confectioners and Bon-Bon Manufacturers". The partnership of Charbonnel and [sic] Walker was dissolved on 16 April 1878 and Mrs Walker carried on alone until her death on 8 June 1883. The notice of death published in the London Gazette
London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published...
referred to "Mary Ann Alphandery also known as Minnie Walker".
The company of Charbonnel and Walker Limited went into liquidation in June 1894.
The new firm of Charbonnel et Walker is now based in the Royal Arcade Bond Street, not far from the original premises, and manufactures its chocolates at its factory in Tunbridge Wells.
The connection with the royal family continues to the present day, Charbonnel et Walker hold a Royal Warrant
Royal Warrant
Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier...
as Chocolate Manufacturers to the Queen
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
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