Paradis Competitors

LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW is the story of passionate craftsmanship for gourmet liquorice. In 2007 we created exceptional Danish liquorice, and today we continue our journey of creating surprising combinations and sensorial taste experiences with liquorice as our core. The ambition has remained the same: To inspire people around the world and spread our love for this unique Nordic flavour.

Dandelion Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate factory that began in the Mission District of San Francisco. In early 2010, we opened our doors on Valencia Street after sharing our love of small-batch, single-origin chocolate with our friends and family for years. We source all of our cocoa beans ourselves and travel to origin to forge a mutually-beneficial relationship with global partners who grow and ferment cacao. We then roast, crack, sort, winnow, grind, refine, and temper small batches of beans, and then mold and package each bar. By sourcing high quality cocoa beans and carefully crafting them, we try to bring out the individual flavors and nuances of each bean. Since then, we have opened more locations in San Francisco and one in Las Vegas. We produce out chocolate in our factory on 16th Street in San Francisco. In addition, our 16th Street factory is also home to our own pastry kitchen, Bloom chocolate salon, and confections kitchen. In addition to making our own chocolate and confections, we stock our shelves with bonbons and confections we make with collaborators we admire. Stop by our 16th Street Factory for a tour, classes on sourcing and making single-origin chocolate, or to see our chocolate makers in action while sipping a cup of hot chocolate. Many thanks, Todd

Cecilia Tessieri accomplished turning what was once her dream into a reality with the creation of Amedei, designed and built on her homeland in Tuscany. A deep passion for chocolate and spreading joy together with a continual search for perfection and devotion to work have factored into making Amedei what it is today. Great attention goes into selecting the best raw materials available and transforming them into something magnificent. In order to produce an exceptional chocolate it is necessary to closely follow the many stages involved in the manufacturing of chocolate. This is exactly what Cecilia Tessieri, founder of Amedei, courageously set out to do. Her determination to create an excellent product is what gave life to a successful, unique and innovative family business. Amedei is the only Italian chocolate boutique to have complete supervision over its production process from the cocoa bean to the finished product. Great attention to detail and desire for excellence has earned Amedei the Chocolate Academy of London's prestigious "Golden Bean" award in the "bean to bar" category for four consecutive years. Expressing ethical values and demonstrating social reponsibility are what Amedei believes to be important in creating an excellent product that combines tradition and innovation. Finally, Amedei is the only company to produce chocolate using select cocoa beans coming from the most prestigious plantations in the world.