born original
KEEP CRAFTING WITH THE ORIGINAL TASTE OF BELGIUM
Around the world, chefs & artisans create original flavours born from personal dreams, visions or ambitions. Born Original is a tribute to all chefs. Here, we bring together your inspiring stories. Your recipes. And your views.
STORIES
FOCUSED TO THE BONE
SEBASTIAN PETTERSSON
Intimidating looks, yet a warm and friendly character. Sebastian Pettersson is a man of contrasts who thrives on coffee and chocolate and lives his dream.
THE ALCHEMIST OF DREAMS
NICOLAS NIKOLAKOPOULOS
Greece isn’t an obvious country to become a pastry chef. So how could alchemist become an internationally praised pastry chef?
THE FLORAL PATISSIER
ANAÏS GAUDEMER
Torn between her 2 passions – landscape architecture and baking – Anaïs Gaudemer eventually found her own unique spot with her signature floral patisserie.
WHERE THE ORIGINAL TASTE COMES FROM
Follow us on our bean-to-bar journey and discover where the taste of our 811, 823 and many more Finest Belgian Chocolates come from.
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PART 1 - THE BEANS THAT MAKE THE CUT
Where do the cocoa beans for our chocolate come from? And what makes them special? Kirsten Tibballs takes you on our bean-to-bar tour. -
PART 2 - QUALITY OF THE COCOA BEANS
We only use the best-grade cocoa beans. But what does this mean? And how do we select them? Kirsten Tibballs discovers it here. -
PART 3 – COMPOSING OUR COCOA BEAN BLEND
How does a blend of 3 different types of bean define the original taste of our chocolate? Does that blend ever change? Kirsten Tibballs looks for the answers. -
PART 4 – WHOLE BEAN ROASTING FOR THE WHOLE TASTE
What is whole bean roasting? What does it do for our chocolate taste? And why do we believe already for more than 100 years that it is the best way to roast the cocoa beans? -
PART 5 – THE ORIGINAL COCOA LIQUOR: THE HEART & SOUL OF OUR CHOCOLATE
How do we get from roasted beans to cocoa liquor? And what exactly makes our cocoa liquor so fine? Kirsten Tibballs finds all the answers with our cocoa specialists. -
PART 6 – QUALITY CHECKING THE TASTE OF THE COCOA LIQUOR
How do we know for sure the cocoa liquor will exactly yield the taste we're after for our chocolate? Kirsten Tibballs checks it out for you.
FIND YOUR ORIGINAL CHOCOLATE
How to find the chocolate that tastes best and works best for your applications? Our lead chef Minette helps with great tips & tricks.
