Choco-Story Brussels

Choco-Story Brussels, formerly known as the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate (French: Musée du cacao et du chocolat, Dutch: Museum van cacao en chocolade), is a privately owned museum in Brussels, Belgium, established in 1998 at the initiative of Gabrielle Draps,[1] the wife of the famous Belgian chocolate artisan Joseph "Jo" Draps,[2] founder of Godiva Chocolatier.[3]

Choco-Story Brussels
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Former name
Musée du cacao et du chocolat (French)
Museum van cacao en chocolade (Dutch)
Established1998
LocationRue de l'Etuve / Stoofstraat 41,
B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
TypeFood museum
DirectorPeggy Van Lierde
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate was founded in July 1998 on the initiative of Gabrielle Draps. She represented the third generation of Belgian chocolate artisans and was married to the founder of the Godiva chocolate manufacturer, Joseph "Jo" Draps.

The museum was originally housed in a house dating from 1697, formerly called the De Valck building, at 9–11, rue de la Tête d'or/Guldenhoofdstraat, just off the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square).[4] It spanned three exhibition floors. The museum's management was taken over by Gabrielle Draps' daughter, Peggy van Lierde, in 2007.

In May 2014, the museum was renamed "Choco-Story Brussels" following the association of the Van Lierde-Draps family with the Van Belle family, already owner of Choco-Story Bruges, the Bruges Chocolate Museum.

In 2021, the Van Belle family applied for permission to convert the museum's former building on the Rue de la Tête d'Or into a museum of French fries.[5]

The museum provides demonstrations and tastings, and visitors can book a workshop to make chocolate bars and lollipops.[6]

  • Facade of the De Valck building, the museum's former home
    Facade of the De Valck building, the museum's former home
  • Chocolate tempering machine
    Chocolate tempering machine
  • Tasting the chocolate
    Tasting the chocolate

See also

References

Notes
  1. Auzias, Dominique (2006). Petit Futé Guide du chocolat et des confiseries. Nouvelles Editions de l'Université. p. 64. ISBN 978-2-7469-1722-4.
  2. "www.thebrusselsconnection.be". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. State 2004, p. 107.
  4. State 2004, p. 71.
  5. "Frites museum in Brussels turned down". Brussels Times. 22 December 2021.
  6. Canning, Amanda (15 August 2022). "Best European city breaks for families". The Times. London.

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