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(French for ''The House of Chocolate'') From Parisian artisan to international luxury chocolatier, La Maison du Chocolat carries on the tradition of its grand classics as envisioned by Robert Linxe. == History == * 17 September 1929 : Robert Linxe was born in Bayonne, France. Apprenticeship and training at the C.O.B.A. school in Switzerland during the 1950s. * 1954 : Marriage to Gisèle. At 28, Robert Linxe bought La Marquise de Presles pastry/confectionary boutique in Paris. He began a catering business and developed it over the next twenty years. He sold this business to the well-known Pastry Chef Gaston Lenôtre. * 1977 : On October 26, he founded La Maison du Chocolat, 225, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris 8th in the former location of Caves Cosette. * 1987 : Opening of second boutique at rue François 1er. The third boutique opened at boulevard de la Madeleine in 1989. * 1990 : La Maison du Chocolat opened a boutique in New York City. * 1994 : Opening of a boutique at rue de Sèvres and avenue Raymond Poincaré in Paris. * 1995 : Geoffroy d’Anglejan was named General Manager of La Maison du Chocolat. The brand was established in Japan, opening in Tokyo at Omote Sando. The brand became a member of Comité Colbert. An opening at Rockefeller Center in New York City. * 2003 : Opening of the first location in London at Piccadilly and a second opening follows in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo * 2006 : Inauguration of new boutiques in Cannes and Printemps in la Maison Haussmann in Paris. * 2007 : The brand celebrated its 30th anniversary. Geoffroy d’Anglejan named Gilles Marchal as successor to Robert Linxe. Openings at the Carrousel at the Louvre and avenue Victor Hugo in Paris. Robert Linxe was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. Nicolas Cloiseau obtained the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France Chocolatier. * 2008 : La Maison du Chocolat opened in Hong Kong at the Pacific Place and elements malls and opened its latest boutique in New York on Wall Street. * 2009 : Continuation of its expansion in Hong Kong with openings in the ifc and Landmark Prince’s malls. Opening of its first boutique in an airport in Terminal 2E at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, Paris * 2010 : La Maison du Chocolat inaugurated a boutique with salon de thé in the Matsuyu department store in Tokyo in the Ginza district and opened in Selfridges in London. Two new boutiques at Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle Roissy, Terminal 2 F airports. * 2011 : Inauguration of the new concept “Boutique coffret” at terminal T2E in Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, Paris. Shopping Malls : Lee gardens One in Hong Kong and Short Hills, New Jersey in the US. The 2011 Salon du Chocolat and the profession paid homage to the career of Robert Linxe. * 2012 : Geoffroy d’Anglejan named Nicolas Cloiseau to succeed Gilles Marchal with the title Master Chef of La Maison du Chocolat. Openings : Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, Paris : Terminal liaison AC - Terminal S4 - “Boutique coffret” at Terminal T2F2 in the public area. Galeries Lafayette Maison, Paris. Grand Magasin Umeda Hankyu in Osaka, Japan. The Plaza Food Hall in New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Maison du Chocolat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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