Dalloyau is a Paris-based food company founded in 1682. Dalloyau is a family-owned and
independent business. In 1993, Nadine Gavillon-Bernardé became the company's CEO. Since 2001, the company is a member of the "
Comité Colbert
The Comité Colbert is an association "to promote the concept of luxury." The members are 81 French luxury brands. It was founded in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Guerlain.
''Métiers'' or Trade Sectors
The association is divided into thirteen métiers o ...
". Dalloyau opened its first shop abroad in 1982 in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
. By 2009, Dalloyau had opened 31 shops.
History
In 1682, Charles Dalloyau worked for Louis XIV. Dalloyau and his brothers worked for the Court as "Officiers de bouche", the highest French gastronomy distinction at the time. In 1802, Jean-Baptiste Dalloyau founded the "Dalloyau, house of gastronomy". He settled in Paris at
rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré () is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow and nondescript, especially in comparison to the nearby Avenue des Champs-Élysées, it is cited as being one of the most lux ...
, the current address of Dalloyau's main Paris shop.
Opera Cake: Dalloyau's most famous pastry
This cake was invented in 1955 by Cyriaque Gavillon from Dalloyau. He wanted to create a new cake shape with visible layers and for which only one bite would give the whole cake's taste. It is his spouse, Andrée Gavillon, that named it "Opéra" in tribute to the auditorium of the
Palais Garnier. The Opera is a rectangular cake composed of three thin layers of almond
sponge cake
Sponge cake is a light cake made with egg whites, flour and sugar, sometimes leavened with baking powder. Some sponge cakes do not contain egg yolks, like angel food cake, but most of them do. Sponge cakes, leavened with beaten eggs, originated ...
soaked in
coffee syrup alternating between layers of coffee
butter cream and chocolate glaze topped with
ganache
Ganache (; ) is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries, made from chocolate and cream.
Preparation
Ganache is a chocolate preparation, normally made by heating equal parts by weight of cream and chopped chocolate, warming the cream ...
.
Points of sale
In 2016, Dalloyau has eleven points of sale in France: 10 in
Ile-de-France and one in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
.
Dalloyau also has two private reception areas: the Petit-Palais in Domaine de Chantilly and the Domaine de Vert-Mont in Rueil-Malmaison. Abroad, Dalloyau opened its first overseas boutique in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. Since 2018, Dalloyau runs a network of franchises with 28 stores and corners abroad: twenty in Japan, four in Hong Kong,
DALLOYAU Hong Kong
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References
External links
*
Sources
* Le grand Larousse gastronomique
' () is an encyclopedia of gastronomy. The majority of the book is about French cuisine, and contains recipes for French dishes and cooking techniques. The first edition included few non-French dishes and ingredients; later editions include many ...
, 2007, page 595
* Archives of the "Château de Chantilly"
* Laurent Baudoin, historian
* Dominique Michel Dominique Michel, OC, CQ (born ''Aimée Sylvestre''; September 24, 1932 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) is a Quebec comedian, actress, singer and artist.
Biography
She began her career in cabarets performing songs written by Raymond Lévesque and sub ...
, food historian
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Food retailers of France