Guido Gobino

What motivated you to open a chocolate business?
I basically grew up in the chocolate business. I was only 8 years old when I began, like my father, to distinguish the various fragrances of cacao.

Did you have any formal training in chocolate making?
My father has always been the greatest master.

Where do you get your inspiration for the different flavors and textures you include in your chocolates?
Often the best ingredients are found in places that are far from home... for this reason it is necessary to look for them around the world. Cocoa, for example, I personally choose the prestigious qualities from countries like Venezuela, Trinidad and Java. Traveling provides me with the opportunity to know new flavors and I adore recreating the atmosphere of these far away places, creating original pairings with my chocolates and various precious ingredients in the world.

If you had to describe your product line in a couple of sentences, what would that be?
Tradition, research and innovation have not found a more perfect synthesis. A good chocolate is not made-- it is created, exclusively with the best ingredients.

What is your personal favorite out of all the products you make and why?
I wouldn’t know what to say. Each product has it’s own special qualities, for which I love them all in the same way.

www.guidogobino.it

LOCATIONS
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Via Cagliari 15/b, 10153 Torino
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Via Lagrange 1, 10123 Torino
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