2024

ALBERT-CHOCOLATIER

Bread cakes chocolates ice cream

Dominique and Yoan, master chocolatiers, rigorously select cocoa beans to create the finest chocolates. Handcrafted according to traditional recipes, they add their creativity to the mix. In the boutique or online, chocolate bonbons and personalized chocolates, with specialties such as croquants (roasted dried fruit, then caramelized, pre-coated with a homemade praline (cooked in a copper cauldron), sublimated with a fine layer of 100% cocoa butter chocolate), and p'tits Q... Visits and workshops available.

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2024

MAISON ROYER

Local producer

He is THE snail specialist in the Vendée! Raised in the open air, the snails are cooked with natural products, in the tradition: stuffed snail shells, mini-snail queens, snail beads, cabbages or wafers stuffed with snails, stuffed potatoes... Snails which benefit from the AB label, organic farming. The visit ends with a tasting. And also a range of natural cosmetic products made from organic snails from the Vendée with many virtues; cream rich in allantoin, collagen and elastin.

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2024

MAISON PLANCHOT

Bakery

A renowned company founded in 1929! In 2015, Thomas Planchot was awarded the title of MOF (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) in bakery, 21 years after his father Dominique! One family, 4 professions: bakery, patisserie, chocolaterie and catering. Every day, organic and special breads, pure wheat loaves... are hot off the press at all hours. Local raw materials (flour, butter, milk...) are chosen to make viennoiseries and pastries, and the award-winning brioche. Flagship chocolates include Jeu de palets, Bichottes, P'tits Grains d'sel...

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