Le Succes de Bernachon

Today fewer than a dozen French artisan manufacturers still begin with the raw cacao beans to make their chocolate. One such firm is Bernachon chocolates, based in Lyon - the acknowledged gastronomic capital of the world - and run by Maurice and his son Jean-Jacques. Worried that the industry was heading toward an undesirable uniformity of tastes, the recipes were perfected by Maurice Bernachon during the l970s. The company roasts its own c