by Eleonora Pedron NICE. Do you fancy a Winter of festivities bathed in magic and in luxury? Let yourself be seduced by Patisseries Lac’s decadent 2017-2018 chocolate collection. For over 20 years, this chocolate confectioner has delighted people in Nice and tourists from all over the world through his creations of creamy sweets, crispy chocolates and macaroons. “Les Patisseries Lac” tale began in 1995 with the opening of a boutique in Beaulieu sur Mer, with Pascal Lac working in the back and his wife Valérie at the counter. In 2001 the couple opened the shop in rue Barla 18 in Nice, with a sales area and a larger workroom for the production of chocolates and macaroons. The flagship shop was then completely renovated in 2004 in an elegant and contemporary style, which is the brand of “Les Patisseries Lac”. In 2006, the company’s achievement lets Pascal Lac to open a 500m2 workshop in the Nice-Trinité neighbourhood. In 2007, he closes the shop in Beaulieu to open the shop in rue Gioffredo 49 in Nice. 2008 is the year of the great awards from the Club Croqueurs de Chocolat. With the creation of the “PAVÉ MASSÉNA”, inspired by the two-tone design of the paving of Place Masséna, Lac gets the award of “best among the best” chocolatiers of France. Then, in 2009 comes the second prize “best among the best” chocolatiers of France. In 2012, “Les Patisseries Lac” opens the boutique at 12 rue de la Préfecture and continues to succeed by creating a space at the Galeries Lafayette Gourmet in Cap 3000, in Saint-Laurent-du-Var. In 2013, Pascal gets a third prize “best among the best” chocolatiers of France, and the most precious award in 2014, the “Incountournable” prize, a title awarded among the top 20 chocolatiers of France by the Club Croqueurs de Chocolat. Recently, collaboration with the artist Sabine Géraudie has surprised customers and the chocolate world with the creation of “La Chaise de SAB en chocolat” on the Promenade des Anglais. 3 meters high and placed on a pedestal, the chair has become one of the most photographed works of the French Riviera.
With unlimited competence and creativity, Pascal Lac has reproduced the aesthetics of Sabine Géraudie’s work into a crunchy dark chocolate, incorporating the characteristics of this Nice symbol: the chair is presented as a jewel in its treasure chest, where gourmets will recognize the taste of the Caribbean 68% dark chocolate, on a chocolate base gently mixed with toasted and caramelized almonds! As time to celebrate with family and friends is imminent, Christmas’ magic has inspired Pascal Lac a new collection of Yule log cakes and other winter delicacies. The result of his extraordinary know-how and overflowing creativity is twelve original creations that will adorn the windows of the Les Patisseries Lac throughout winter 2018. To the great classics such as the CRAQUELIN, a chocolate mousse, pralines and crunchy chocolate biscuit, the MARRON which is a chestnut cream, drops of chestnuts, Chantilly cream with chestnuts and sweet almond biscuit,
and LA PERLE, a mousse of vanilla with strawberry and raspberry coulis, crumbly biscuits and madeleine biscuit, Lac has invented the GLACE FRAMBOISE, an almond biscuit, vanilla ice cream from Madagascar, meringue and raspberry sorbet, a delicious CHEESECAKE, a shortbread biscuit with made of strawberries, biscuit soaked in sabayon, passion fruit and cream cheese, and the decadent MOELLEUX DES FETES, a dacquoise of petits choux, complemented by a creamy gianduia and caramelized baked apples.
Pascal Lac’s Christmas 2017-2018 collection is available in the four shops on the Côte d’Azur: in Nice, on rue Barla 18, open from Monday to Saturday from 9 to 12:30 and from 15:00 to 19:30; on Sundays from 9:30 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00; in rue Gioffredo 49, the store will be open from Monday to Saturday from 9:45 to 19:15; in the old Nice, in rue de la Préfecture 12, the shop opens from Monday to Saturday from 9:30 to 19:30, Sunday from 9:30 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00; in Saint-Laurent-du-Var the collection is located in the Lafayette Gourmet of the Cap 3000 shopping center, in Avenue Eugène Donadeï, open from Monday to Saturday from 8:30 to 20:45 and on Sundays from 10:00 to 19:45. Sprinkle magic on your festive season; succumb to the charms of chocolate! Les Patisserie Lac wants you to share in the endless enchantment!