Their first store opened on 173 New Bond Street. Filled with the finest chocolate treats, all beautifully presented to exacting standards in hand-painted boxes, crystal vases and embroidered satin bags.
Paris to London, a delicious journey steeped in the art of fine chocolate.
It was 1875 when Madame Charbonnel departed Paris with Mrs. Walker to open the most beautiful chocolate shop in London.
Mrs. Walker, originally a hat box and jewellery box maker, had been introduced to Madame Charbonnel. Keen to learn the art of making fine chocolates, she moved to Paris to be trained by Madame Charbonnel and soak up the atmosphere of the Parisian chocolate houses of the late nineteenth century.