Michel Sarran, Gault&Millau d'Or 2025 for the Occitanie region
The head chef at Michel Sarran's restaurant in Toulouse was named Gault&Millau d'Or 2025 at the Gault&Millau Tour Occitanie.
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Chefs' creations to share (or not) for Valentine's Day 2025
For a successful Valentine's Day, a gourmet declaration is sometimes better than words.
for February 14th, pastry chefs are vying with each other in their creativity to seduce lovers. Refined chocolates, daring entremets and irresistible creations, each one offers a romantic version of gourmet delights. enjoy them for two, or give them as gifts.
Le Cœur de Bouleau - vanilla caviar by Alléno & Rivoire
This Valentine's Day, chefs Yannick Alléno and Aurélien Rivoire have come up with a creation as gourmet as it is elegant. Beneath a fine chocolate shell adorned with an engraved heart, an unctuous vanilla caviar ganache reveals a delicate interplay of textures.
- Price: 19 euros
- Where to buy Available online or in store.
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Tablette Marguerite by Nina Métayer
For Valentine's Day, Nina Métayer unveils a crunchy, comforting creation. Beneath a chocolate shell, a popcorn almond praline and a touch of vanilla bring sweetness and indulgence.
- Price: 15 euros
- Where to buy Available online or in store.
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Pépicœurs by Manufacture Ducasse
Alain Ducasse 's take on love in chocolate features a boxed set of two creations with contrasting flavors. A dark chocolate heart with yuzu and passion fruit, and a milk chocolate heart with vanilla and hazelnut praline.
- Price: 45 euros per box of 24 pieces
- Where to buy Available online or in store.
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Pierre Hermé's Inséparable collection
This year, Pierre Hermé drew inspiration from the art of tattooing for his Inséparable collection, with a motif imagined by Saira Hunjan, a British tattoo artist of Indian origin. The chef unveils boxes of chocolate bonbons, marshmallow flowers and macaroons to share, with flavors such as Infiniment pignon de cèdre, Huile d'olive au citron vert and Chado au thé matcha et yuzu.
- Price: 26 euros for a box of 8 macaroons
- Where to buy Available online and in boutiques from January 23.
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François Perret's Ritz d'amour
François Perret reinterprets his famous Ritz au lait in a version specially imagined for Valentine's Day: the Ritz d'amour. A duo of vanilla rice pudding and pomme d'amour - pieces of raw and cooked apple topped with caramel - wrapped in a vibrant red white chocolate shell, on almond shortbread.
- Price: 25 euros.
- Where to buy Available at the Comptoir du Ritz, from February 6 to 16.
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Cœur capitonné praliné by Maison Sève
Richard Sève celebrates love with his Cœur capitonné praliné. This creation is composed of successive layers of dark chocolate and almond-hazelnut praline to create a texture that is both melting and crunchy, ideal for chocolate lovers.
- Price: 36 euros
- Where to buy Available online or in store.
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Le Carré or Saint-Valentin by Jean-Paul Hévin
for Valentine's Day, Jean-Paul Hévin unveils six new sweets inspired by love stories, in original, comforting flavors such as Amour d'enfance with milk chocolate and corossol, or Coup de foudre with gianduja almonds, dark chocolate and red pepper.
- Price: 19 euros per box of 12 pieces
- Where to buy Available online or in store.
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La Pomme d'amour by Cédric Grolet
Chef Cédric Grolet and his executive pastry chef François Deshayes return to childhood with a creation inspired by the famous love apple. Beneath a bright red glaze, a caramel mousse encloses a flowing heart of red apples, a Japanese vanilla cookie and a crunch of Breton shortbread. A sweet treat to share, or not...
- Price: 55 euros
- Where to buy Available for pre-order from January 29, and only in store from February 14, at Le Meurice patisserie.
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Cyril Lignac's Duo d'Oursons Praliné XL
For Valentine's Day, chef Cyril Lignac's iconic Oursons are reinvented with new flavors. The limited-edition box includes a Milk Bear with salted butter caramel & hazelnut praline, and a Black Bear with orange blossom caramel & candied almond-lemon praline. A duo to munch on!
- Price: 14 euros
- Where to buy Available online or in store, from January 3 to February 14.
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Plumier 15 cœurs Saint-Valentin by Pierre Marcolini
To celebrate love, Pierre Marcolini offers a box of 15 asymmetrical hearts with five original recipes: Hazelnut & Summer Truffle, Bronte Pistachio, Apricot & Passion Fruit, Yuzu & Sesame, and Kumquat & Mandarin. An assortment that plays on the balance of flavors and the delicacy of textures.
- Price: 28 euros
- Where to buy Available online and in store.
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