citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message debauve & gallais type privately held company industry confectionery production founded 1800 founder sulpice debauve headquarters paris france key people paule cuvelier ceo products chocolates website www.debauveandgallais.com www.debauve et gallais.com debauve & gallais is a french chocolate manufacturer founded by sulpice debauve in 1800 . after his nephew antoine gallais joined the company in 1823 the company adopted their current name . in 1819 the company received the royal warrant as purveyors to the french court and was the official chocolate supplier for emperor napoleon and of kings louis xviii charles x and louis philippe . contents 1 history 2 in contemporary times 3 appreciation 4 bibliography 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit sulpice debauve 1757 1836 former chemist to french king louis xvi devised the novel combination of cocoa cane sugar and medicine after marie antoinette complained to him about the unpleasant taste of the medicines she had to take . citation needed the queen was so pleased that she named those exquisite coin shaped chocolates pistoles . debauve continued to create a variety of flavored pistoles for the queen . finally in 1800 debauve opened his first chocolate shop on the rive gauche of paris at faubourg saint germain . in 1816 debauve was appointed as the sole chocolate supplier to the french royal families . in 1819 napoleon s official architects percier and fontaine designed the new shop which is now classified as a historical monument located at 30 rue des saints p res . in 1823 debauve took in his nephew jean baptiste auguste gallais 1787 1838 also a chemist as an associate in order to create and distribute his dietary chocolates ; known then as healthy chocolates they were made with almond milk vanilla and orange blossom water . gallais published four years later in 1827 his monographie du cacao ou manuel de l amateur de chocolat which offered a scientific approach to chocolate . in contemporary times edit debauve & gallais claims to be one of the few former royal suppliers in france who retain their independence and are family owned and operated till today . in 1989 madame paule cuvelier took over the debauve & gallais establishment . with the help of her son bernard poussin debauve & gallais have now expanded their business worldwide and have offices in new york seoul dubai tokyo nagoya osaka bucharest taipei hong kong beijing nanjing shanghai and chengdu . the new york branch was run by yoo byung eun s son keith h. yoo . 1 appreciation edit debauve & gallais offer a wide range of dark chocolates whose cocoa percentage comes as high as 99 % . over time they have built a cult following among gourmands aristocrats artists writers and celebrities . citation needed anatole france author of le petit pierre described the shop as lovely . citation needed bibliography edit auguste gallais 1827 . monographie du cacao ou manuel de l amateur de chocolat in french . deboeuve et gallais . references edit kim da ye 23 may 2012 . yoo family has interacted with famous people . the korea times . retrieved 23 may 2014 . further reading edit pierre joseph buc hoz 1812 . trait usuel du chocolat contenant la description et la culture du cacaotier ou cacao er arbre qui produit le fruit avec lequel on fabrique le chocolat celles de la canelle de la vanille du salep de perse de l ambre gris du sucre et autres substances que l on fait entrer dans la fabrication du chocolat les diff rentes fa ons de pr parer ce commestible pour en faire un aliment recherch et propre flatter le go t ... in french . chambon libraire . jean louis alibert 1814 . nouveaux l ments de th rapeutique et de mati re m dicale in french . caille et ravier . brillat savarin 1826 . physiologie du go t ou m ditations de gastronomie transcendante ouvrage th orique historique et l ordre du jour in french . a. sautelet et cie libraires . a. k. crump 1 november 2003 . chocolate french recipes language and directions to francais au chocolat . tcb cafe publishing . isbn 978 0 9674898 4 1 . diana reid haig 2004 . walks through napoleon and josephine s paris . little bookroom . isbn 978 1 892145 25 3 . diana reid haig 2006 . walks through marie antoinette s paris . ravenhall books . isbn 978 1 905043 08 8 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title debauve % 26 gallais & oldid 743612572 categories chocolate companiescompanies based in pariscompanies established in 1800food manufacturers of francefrench royal warrant holders1800 establishments in francefood and drink companies established in 1800hidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2010all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2014cs1 french language sources fr navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 11 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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