Chocolates Galler (Belgium) 🍫

At 16, Jean Galler understands that chocolate will be his life. From a family of professional gourmands (his grandfather, a pastry chef, created his own brand in 1930), he carries the genes of sweetness and generosity in his DNA.

After studying pastry and chocolate in Basel, then a training course at Gaston Lenôtre in Paris in 1974, he was awarded the title of "Best apprentice baker in Belgium". In June 1976, the young craftsman founded his chocolate factory in Vaux-sous-Chèvremont in the Liège region.

"There are three chocolate countries in the world: Switzerland, Belgium and France. I had the extraordinary opportunity to experiment with these three schools before launching myself. "

Soon, the master chocolatier stands out as one of the key players in the world of Belgian chocolate. Creating over the years products that will quickly become iconic but whose packaging will change over the years to remain innovative and stick to the style of the time.

The Galler chocolate factory is now famous for its wide range of chocolate sticks with lively and cheerful colors. It is the first house to have created a chocolate with 70% cocoa, while being a precursor in quality white chocolate, but also to have pioneered chocolate salted cuisine and wine and wine chocolates.

After the opening of the chocolate factory at the Rue de la Station in Vaux in November 1976, a series of improvements and enlargements will follow each year.

At the same time, in April 1995, Jean Galler inaugurated his first Galler boutique in Brussels. Over the years, he developed several concepts for shops and tasting salons - Chocolat-Thé, Chocolat-Bar and Chocolat-Passion. In 2002, he was awarded the "Innovation Award" at the Franchise Fair in Brussels for his Chocolat-Thé® concept.with the opening, at the end of August 2014, of his shop in Namur completely redesigned, Jean Galler develops a new generation of stores based on passion and discovery.

Today, the company has more than 150 employees and more than 2000 sales outlets in many countries around the world.

A dynamic and a sense of perfection that has allowed Jean Galler to carry since 1994 the title of "Patent Supplier of the Court of Belgium" and this without interruption.
In 1995, Jean Galler was awarded the title of "Manager of the Year" by the Belgian magazine Trends Tendances.

Over the years, the chocolatier has been constantly creating and innovating. The latest addition to the tablet range : the Blanc d'Exception tablet, which summarizes the qualitative approach and the constant search for taste and pleasure that animates the chocolatier's approach.