Valrhona

09/11/2026

🍋✨ Would you pair bright citrus with toasted sesame?⁠
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Discover Yuzu Sesame, Chef Jeremy Garcia ()’s elegant dessert featuring YUZU INSPIRATION, creamy OPALYS 33% white chocolate, black sesame namelaka, and refreshing honey lychee sorbet.⁠
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A layered experience of vibrant flavors and contrasting textures, finished with yuzu crémeux and a crisp cocoa sesame tuile.⁠
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Thank you Chef Jeremy Garcia for crafting a beautiful creation with our product! Full recipe via the link in bio or on valrhona.us!⁠
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💬 What’s your FAVORITE ingredient to pair with yuzu? Share your go-to combinations in the comments below. Recipe here: https://www.valrhona.us/our-recipes/recipes/all-our-recipes/yuzu-sesame

09/10/2026

Think matcha is just for drinks? Think again. 💚🍃⁠
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Discover this innovative Matcha cheesecake reimagined by Ecole Valrhona Hong Kong Pastry Chef Natalie Leung () and crafted with the new MATCHA INSPIRATION.⁠
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In this elegant creation, MATCHA INSPIRATION is explored through multiple textures and applications. It is folded into a light and fluffy Matcha Chiffon Cake, blended into a silky Matcha Cream Cheese Mousse, and featured in a delicate Matcha Whipped Ganache and Matcha Jelly for layers of flavor and texture.⁠
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✨️ For the finishing touch, a Matcha Cocoa Spray creates a stunning velvety, matte green coating that elevates both the look and taste of the dessert.⁠
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Made with exceptional matcha leaves, MATCHA INSPIRATION delivers authentic flavor, vibrant natural color, and balanced vegetal, roasted, bitter, and umami notes. No artificial colors or flavors.⁠
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Ready to unlock the full potential of Matcha Inspiration? Visit our website to explore the recipe, discover more chef creations, and find fresh matcha inspiration for your next menu. 🍵💚

https://www.valrhona.us/our-products/for-professionals/inspiration

09/09/2026

What makes a chocolate icon last 40 years? 🍫

Celebrating 40 years of GUANAJA, Valrhona unveils a new limited-edition white box for the dark chocolate that changed everything. Created in 1986, GUANAJA 70% redefined dark chocolate with its unprecedented intensity and pioneering approach to cocoa selection and sensory analysis. Today, its signature balance of deep bitterness, bright fruit notes, subtle spice, and roasted aromas continues to inspire chefs and chocolate lovers around the world.

Discover the legend behind GUANAJA and celebrate this milestone with our limited-edition collector’s box. ✨🎁

Shop now on our website before it’s gone. 👉 https://bit.ly/4xEuRpu

09/08/2026

A modern twist on classic nougat. 🍵✨⁠
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A modern twist on classic nougat, Framéa pairs Matcha Nougat made with MATCHA INSPIRATION with a vibrant RASPBERRY INSPIRATION Chocomel center, creating the perfect balance of vegetal matcha notes and bright raspberry fruitiness. Finished with Sicilian pistachios, squash seeds, and dried cranberries, each bite offers a delicate contrast of chewy, crunchy, tart, and sweet.⁠
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🍃 MATCHA INSPIRATION is crafted with premium matcha leaves for authentic flavor, vibrant color, and balanced vegetal, roasted, bitter, and umami notes. No artificial colors or flavors.⁠
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Want to try this confection in the kitchen? Download the booklet here:

FRUIT AND NUTS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE Valrhona introduces INSPIRATION, the first-ever range of fruit and nut couvertures. These innovative new couvert

09/04/2026

🍃✨ The wait is over. A new INSPIRATION couverture has entered the chat.⁠
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Meet MATCHA INSPIRATION.⁠
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The latest addition to the Inspiration range, crafted with premium matcha leaves for an authentic, intensely flavorful experience. Its vibrant color and distinctive profile blend vegetal, roasted, bitter, and umami notes, naturally, with no artificial colors or flavors.⁠
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💚 Ready to explore a whole new world of plant-based creativity?⁠
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Raise your hand if you're ready to give it a try! 🙋‍♀️⁠
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Discover MATCHA INSPIRATION and let your imagination whisk you away into a world of vibrant flavor, color, and creativity.

https://www.valrhona.us/our-products/for-professionals/inspiration/inspiration/matcha-inspiration

09/03/2026

Our Inspiration Range is expanding. 👀⁠
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What is Inspiration? Valrhona INSPIRATION is the first range of fruit and nut couvertures, offering vibrant natural color and intense flavor with no dairy, artificial flavors, or colorings. From raspberry to almond, each variety is a unique flavor experience.⁠
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A new INSPIRATION flavor is on the way... intense, earthy, and smooth. 🍃 Can you guess what it is?⁠
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Wrong answers only! 😃

08/07/2026

The ingredient stealing the spotlight: PASSION FRUIT INSPIRATION 🌴⁠
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Made with real passion fruit and cocoa butter, this innovative fruit couverture brings bright tropical flavor and a velvety texture to every creation. In this tart, it takes center stage alongside citrus segments, lime confit, and delicate lemon meringue for a dessert that's fresh, vibrant, and full of sunshine.⁠
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This Passion Fruit Inspiration & Citrus Tart layers silky PASSION FRUIT INSPIRATION crémeux, airy lemon meringue, zesty lime confit, and fresh citrus segments for a dessert that's as refreshing as it is beautiful. Made with Valrhona's PASSION FRUIT INSPIRATION fruit couverture, it delivers vibrant passion fruit flavor with an irresistibly smooth texture. ✨⁠
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What other inspiration flavor would you like to see in the range?? Tell us below 👇⁠
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🔗 Get the full recipe via the link in bio.

07/30/2026

ICYMI: We held one of our very first 2-day Ecole class with Four Seasons Executive Pastry Chef, Jonathan Pereira () ✨️⁠
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From mastering flaky croissants and laminated dough techniques to troubleshooting common pastry challenges, this hands-on class was packed with learning, creativity, and innovation.⁠
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So, what is L'Ecole Valrhona? ⁠
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L'Ecole is an immersive learning experience where chefs and R&D experts come together to share expertise, explore modern pastry techniques, and inspire creativity alongside chefs from across the U.S.⁠
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Interested in joining the next class? https://www.valrhona.us/our-classes/valrhona-classes/class-calendar

07/09/2026

Kamel Guechida, corporate executive pastry chef at the Wolfgang Puck Group, has trusted Guanaja for over 30 years, drawn to its consistency, character and unmatched nobility. 🍫

For him, this iconic chocolate stands apart for its aromatic depth and its remarkable ability to deliver, year after year, an experience that never fails to impress. A singular signature that inspires every creation he crafts.

In this recipe, Guanaja expresses itself through a play on textures, crisp, crémeux and cacao nibs, before revealing its full intensity in a chocolate sorbet as the final touch. ✨

07/07/2026

Introducing 2 NEW Classes for 2026 ✨ Which one will you choose?⁠
Following the phenomenal success of our first-semester classes, which sold out in record time, and responding to the high demand for fresh experiences, we're thrilled to introduce two brand-new experiences to our 2026 lineup. Which adventure will you choose? ⁠
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🥐 Innovative Viennoiserie: Creative Textures & Solutions with Sosa Chef & Technical Ingredients Expert Guillermo Corral () - 1 Day⁠
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Discover new ways to elevate laminated dough with innovative fillings, textures, finishes, and techniques designed to enhance flavor, stability, and shelf life.⁠
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🍰 American Pastry Classics from a European Perspective with North American L'Ecole Executive Chef Luke Frost (.frost) - 3 Days⁠
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Reimagine beloved American desserts through a refined European lens, creating modern entremets, tarts, and travel cakes with balanced flavors and contemporary appeal.⁠
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Spots are limited—secure yours today. Which class are you most excited to take: Viennoiserie or Pastry? 👇 Check out the full descriptions https://www.valrhona.us/our-classes/valrhona-classes/class-calendar