Venchi

Gourmet chocolate brand

Venchi

Company type| Private company
Industry| Chocolate production
Founded| 1878; 147 years ago (1878)
Founder| Silviano Venchi
Headquarters|

Castelletto Stura, Cuneo, Piedmont

Italy

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Daniele Ferrero (CEO, President)
Products| Chocolate
Revenue| € 38Mln (2011)

Net income

| 10,000,000 Euro (2017)
Owner| Italian and French investors

Number of employees

| 51-200
Website| venchi.com
Dark chocolate with orange peels filling

Venchi is an Italian gourmet chocolate manufacturer founded by chocolatier Silviano Venchi.[1] After its establishment in Turin in early 1878, the company expanded throughout Italy with its Nougatine, small candies made of crushed and caramelized hazelnuts coated in dark chocolate. After bankruptcy in the 1990s, it was bought by Italian and French investors and management, which enabled rebirth and global expansion of the brand. The President and CEO in 2021 was Daniele Ferrero.[2]

For the production of its various chocolates, Venchi uses cocoa originating from plantations in Central America, South America, and Africa along with distilled rum from the Caribbean and natural vanilla. The Piedmontese hazelnuts are claimed to prevent the chocolate from tasting acidic.[3]

The company started to make ice cream in 2006, and it operates approximately 120 shops in more than 70 countries.[4]

## Awards

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In October 2004, Venchi's Chocaviar was awarded the Vassoio d'Oro Award at the EuroChocolate festival in Perugia.[5]

## See also

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* List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers

## References

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1. ^ "Learn More about Venchi Italian Chocolate History". Venchi Chocolate USA. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
2. ^ Moodie, Martin (2021-11-19). "Interview: Venchi's Marco Galimberti on a growing Asian success story". Moodie Davitt Report. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
3. ^ "Nocciole e pistacchi sempre più cari. Ma Venchi li vuole solo italiani e Igp". lastampa.it (in Italian). 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
4. ^ "Andrea Guerra investe nel cioccolato e diventa socio di Venchi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
5. ^ Bocca, Claudia (2011-01-28). Torino capitale (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-541-2903-0.

## External links

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* Caffarel
* Domori
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* La Suissa
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* Novi
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