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    CHOCOLATE PIONEERS

    Jun 18, 2020 4 minutes
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    MARY DELLUC

    BELGIAN PRE-1900s - C.1950s

    Opening her first chocolate shop in Brussels in 1919, Delluc focused on the excellence and quality of her handmade chocolates, emphasising them as a luxury product that should be relished. Not only was she the first woman to pioneer Belgian chocolate, but her company, Mary Chocolaterie, was awarded the Royal Warrant by King Leopold II in 1942, becoming one of only four Belgian chocolatiers to receive such an honour. Today, there are now Mary Chocolaterie shops all around the world, including in Tokyo and Riyadh.

    FRANCESCO REDI

    ITALIAN 1626-1697

    Redi was the head physician to Cosimo III

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