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Alain Ducasse opens a chocolate boutique in Paris

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS-_q_8RpPNpxUimpNle77PrMWciaE2hfyTEJlkQDNWBX17wjpu3guKe3SacV1ehbeAaYBUBghMqwgbEvvye1WRUIWcH2dimrVQ6NFv0QuLmd1kWsP-WPV1XGrcEBZlN0QY7_VXWkldE/s1600/le-chocolat-alain-ducasse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS-_q_8RpPNpxUimpNle77PrMWciaE2hfyTEJlkQDNWBX17wjpu3guKe3SacV1ehbeAaYBUBghMqwgbEvvye1WRUIWcH2dimrVQ6NFv0QuLmd1kWsP-WPV1XGrcEBZlN0QY7_VXWkldE/s640/le-chocolat-alain-ducasse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;"> Alain Ducasse has thrown his chef’s hat into the increasingly saturated Parisian chocolate scene with a bean-to-chocolate store that will open this week.</span></div><a name="more"></a>Set in the heart of Bastille inside what was formerly a garage, <a href="http://www.lechocolat-alainducasse.com/">Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;"> is the culmination of a 30-year-old dream for the Michelin-starred chef who put chocolatier Nicholas Berger in charge of the boutique.</span><br />  <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;">The premise? A bean-to-bar chocolate shop, where cacao beans will be roasted on-site before being melted, tempered and handcrafted into bonbons, bars, pralines and ganaches.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;">Cacao beans are sourced from countries as diverse as Madagascar, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela, and Vietnam, while ganaches and bonbons are flavored with everything from lime, blackcurrant, mint, prune-Armagnac, coconut-passion fruit, vanilla, coffee and lemon-tea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;">Other ingredients used include peanuts, pistachios, hazelnuts and dried fruit such as orange, ginger and raisins.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EL;">Concrete, exposed brick walls, and vintage antique shop finds such as steel gates which once guarded the former Bank of France lend the space an industrial feel, in tandem with the boutique’s bean-to-bar concept.</span></div></div>

Alain Ducasse opens a chocolate boutique in Paris

Alain Ducasse has thrown his chef’s hat into the increasingly saturated Parisian chocolate scene with a bean-to-chocolate store that will ...

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Highest Earning Celebrity Chefs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYFuUcAhmFpCtdS9kiS6GV2zYziKGWzI8pR3bwmF3syzRj20WKWZWzpJ-H4uQqy5wuUmKudx86How_ERY_O96nZGCAVNE-lX08C_P2qIplRfotI7Xl1BdXItihdtsFMxwj-5JlYK6OhxV/s1600/gordon+ramsay.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYFuUcAhmFpCtdS9kiS6GV2zYziKGWzI8pR3bwmF3syzRj20WKWZWzpJ-H4uQqy5wuUmKudx86How_ERY_O96nZGCAVNE-lX08C_P2qIplRfotI7Xl1BdXItihdtsFMxwj-5JlYK6OhxV/s640/gordon+ramsay.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gordon Ramsay: Probably the angriest chef on a television show, it's obvious that his dedication to detail has paid off, making him the highest-earning chef in the world. He hosts Hell's Kitchen, owns 23 restaurants across the world and has also just opened a steak house in Las Vegas at the Paris casino hotel. He also wants to set up in a restaurant in India, with Mumbai on his radar. </span>Look at his plans for the city.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $38 million</span></div><span style="color: #bf9000;">   </span><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLchcjltF_i13JeB_NxEWxgRD0csu9629FOssgM8u41qMHNvKc7r9WPe_A4VEVVeACB3ybz_13bqlPYnAb6g_4oAYFAV7f8TP7BJlKMbZNI7X3k4DVPLHQpl3ERr8IasVS97cxgrJb2k7/s1600/wolfgang+puck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLchcjltF_i13JeB_NxEWxgRD0csu9629FOssgM8u41qMHNvKc7r9WPe_A4VEVVeACB3ybz_13bqlPYnAb6g_4oAYFAV7f8TP7BJlKMbZNI7X3k4DVPLHQpl3ERr8IasVS97cxgrJb2k7/s640/wolfgang+puck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Wolfgang Puck: A famous guy among Hollywood royalty, Puck made sure the Oscar invitees were fed well. He sits on a company that is home to about 20 fine dining restaurants and 80 Wolfgang Puck Express locations. Incidentally, Puck made it big in the industry when he introduced his fresh take on pizza.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lately he has introduced an app that includes recipes and links to his restaurants to help with party planning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $20 million</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8vbytV7DS7XrudAzvdBWLya2KdbbSENyDvdAEoWd0Z9rj3F1mhf_LvheTfmSjkXPUbNA74FilCbsbxEy5kpL5QDqTwylWaZpgi7G_RctoWSOz0_lAI5KS__bZ20UaxnvcnfbuUQpJ-1S/s1600/paula+deen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8vbytV7DS7XrudAzvdBWLya2KdbbSENyDvdAEoWd0Z9rj3F1mhf_LvheTfmSjkXPUbNA74FilCbsbxEy5kpL5QDqTwylWaZpgi7G_RctoWSOz0_lAI5KS__bZ20UaxnvcnfbuUQpJ-1S/s640/paula+deen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Paula Deen: A native of Albany, Georgia, Paula Deen is known for her love of butter and the deep fried cooking that's traditional in the American South. She has had a long-running partnership with Smithfield Foods and owns 17 different licensees and covers a range of good living products. Paula has authored 14 cookbooks, and lately she introduced a line of furniture too.</span></div><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $17 million</span></div><span style="color: #e69138;">  </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCckt7yUM7hbWmSkTwmCpTVVQ3pSTxx1ODrn_4qy41iOIQar_9ifw3u1BzCyJeAIjw_DjkQ_g1Ij0NfUvef5EFAI9lYJBnL9S-bpiRFbbEkbTe_49A-gN2Ck3_tR9ucIpffAV6f8_YcTt/s1600/mario_batali.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCckt7yUM7hbWmSkTwmCpTVVQ3pSTxx1ODrn_4qy41iOIQar_9ifw3u1BzCyJeAIjw_DjkQ_g1Ij0NfUvef5EFAI9lYJBnL9S-bpiRFbbEkbTe_49A-gN2Ck3_tR9ucIpffAV6f8_YcTt/s640/mario_batali.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mario Batali: Batali sits on a culinary empire with Italian traditions, that spans from in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas to Singapore. Among his accolades, he was "Man of the Year" in the chef category by GQ Magazine way back in 1999. And then in 2001 he took home the D'Artagnan Cervena "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America," which is a prestigious food industry lifetime achievement award. </span>Mario has authored nine cookbooks to date.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $13 million</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzriPneDxzY3aLK8PoroZBJyJCo0fb3GryC2AFMZIzc8QjbDZCB3681_VCmr1IvxzGtNNesuggYnvCRenxLb5HuJ22GFOPsPCXqkrn7B6ui1JEu5pxcEOnLInRP_xgATHkenKzE-Gq7EH/s1600/alain_ducasse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzriPneDxzY3aLK8PoroZBJyJCo0fb3GryC2AFMZIzc8QjbDZCB3681_VCmr1IvxzGtNNesuggYnvCRenxLb5HuJ22GFOPsPCXqkrn7B6ui1JEu5pxcEOnLInRP_xgATHkenKzE-Gq7EH/s640/alain_ducasse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alain Ducasse: With his motto being "Savoir-faire, faire-faire et faire-savoir" which means expertise, to-do and know-how, he can take credit for a number of restaurants under the same name. The Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester holds three stars in the Michelin Guide. His other properties include Alain Ducasse in London and Le Relais and Le Louis XV in Paris. And he's spreading his knowledge through his network of European hotels and has a Parisian cooking school.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $12 million</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJCKoUM07VavlIVQxl3cPUa3qiMTwTvBI21VDz0xE-yK6VXs3bZej4vrmtNvpyf5F_NzUmNb7acLECB3Lfi7zxU78X4or4zJQsiS6BeqdPDO9_hXnG-Ff7jfYKubvSk4Oeg9HgNiV7swJ/s1600/highres+TEPFH.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJCKoUM07VavlIVQxl3cPUa3qiMTwTvBI21VDz0xE-yK6VXs3bZej4vrmtNvpyf5F_NzUmNb7acLECB3Lfi7zxU78X4or4zJQsiS6BeqdPDO9_hXnG-Ff7jfYKubvSk4Oeg9HgNiV7swJ/s640/highres+TEPFH.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Todd English: When he's not busy cooking for the jet set, he is inventing dishes. He wanted to patent a new type of rotisserie grill that moves skewered chickens not just in one direction around a spit, but also around the grill and the spit itself. He is best known for his restaurant, Olives, Boston and Las Vegas. Todd English Enterprises includes over 20 restaurants spanning across USA. He also has his own cooking show, Food Trip with Todd English.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $11 million</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy48ZlbuOh-vjWcshRhFKI_JtwijAPLztZOqNUm_Lkdw_A-n-RQF0HWLLIO1eOT7meIWOcWPl3NYcYWLe-W8t3YCniYlM47wSueO0d0dnziqco7LIe3bH46UVnEjCUPQO18CT93NU1eqVp/s1600/nobuyuki_matsuhisa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy48ZlbuOh-vjWcshRhFKI_JtwijAPLztZOqNUm_Lkdw_A-n-RQF0HWLLIO1eOT7meIWOcWPl3NYcYWLe-W8t3YCniYlM47wSueO0d0dnziqco7LIe3bH46UVnEjCUPQO18CT93NU1eqVp/s640/nobuyuki_matsuhisa.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nobu Matsuhisa: Famously known as Nobu, the celebrity chef is known for his fusion cuisine - blending traditional Japanese dishes with South American (Peruvian) ingredients. His signature dish is black cod in miso. He is the chief proprietor of Nibu, Mastuhisa and Ubon restaurants located across three continents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The chef partnered with actor Robert DeNiro, and thus opened Nobu sushi restaurants in New York, Dallas and Moscow. Now he plans on opening an entire Nobu hotel inside Caesar's Palace in Vegas later in 2012.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $10 million</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxTcZfwIOgaGqgaWj-IYGHscyXmakurtQyS2s_WRlcxMYAt1GDG4czQPzybwFw3CHZmtU1sCI9Lz8s5CNwFw9SrbXR9KGDyHPAZlhwrilqNQu7_oDGdWModnIu-pBbX5SyCRKUmQR2QS9/s1600/bobbyflay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxTcZfwIOgaGqgaWj-IYGHscyXmakurtQyS2s_WRlcxMYAt1GDG4czQPzybwFw3CHZmtU1sCI9Lz8s5CNwFw9SrbXR9KGDyHPAZlhwrilqNQu7_oDGdWModnIu-pBbX5SyCRKUmQR2QS9/s640/bobbyflay.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bobby Flay: The 47-year-old chef has staked his claim when it comes to American south-western food incorporating ingredients such as chillies, avocados, and beans. He is the owner and executive chef of 12 restaurants. Additionally, Flay shares his enthusiasm for food through his cookbooks and national cooking shows on the Food Network, Cooking Channel and NBC.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Total earnings: $9 million</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span class="hasCaption" style="color: #bf9000;">©</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"> Passion4Luxury 2013</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span><br /><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"></span></div><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="color: #bf9000;">   </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>

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