Charbonnel et Walker

Charbonnel et Walker Chocolatier is a British firm of chocolate makers based in Bond Street, London.

Encouraged by Albert, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, in 1875 Virginie Eugenie Lévy, née Charbonnel, of Maison Boissier chocolate house in Paris, and Minnie Walker began a partnership in London as "Parisian Confectioners and Bon-Bon Manufacturers".

Charbonnel et Walker is based in the Royal Arcade in Bond Street, not far from the original premises, and manufactured its chocolates at its factory in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, until 2018 when it relocated their production to Poundbury, Dorset.

[5] The company claims a number of notable figures from history to have been customers, such as Noël Coward (who is said to have requested a fortnightly delivery box of their finest selections to his home), Wallis Simpson, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Alec Guinness, Lauren Bacall, Princess Diana and Princess Margaret.

"[6] Charbonnel et Walker offers a wide variety of chocolates, as well as sugar confections like crystalized ginger and glazed brazil nuts.