{"id":63805,"date":"2016-03-17T13:35:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T12:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=63805"},"modified":"2021-03-31T11:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:55:19","slug":"oriol-balaguer-master-of-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/oriol-balaguer-master-of-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Oriol Balaguer, Master of Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona is known for many things. Beaches, fun, football, student life, great weather, vibrancy and even romance. Now when you think of fine chocolates,<\/strong> what comes to mind? Dark, strong, sweet, romantic, seduction, Switzerland, France, Italy and the list continues. Was Barcelona on the list? I bet Barcelona didn\u2019t come to mind, but it should. So far Barcelona hasn\u2019t made the best chocolate city list, but don\u2019t let that fool you. As the city continues to grow, there will definitely be an unveiling of talent. Let ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> tell you all about the master of chocolate<\/strong> today!<\/p>\n

Related article:\u00a0Barcelona for the Chocolate Addicts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Oriol Balaguer and chocolate<\/h2>\n
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Notwithstanding, with the right positioning and recognition of the regions confectionery and chocolate making history, Barcelona\u2019s fame as a city of excellent chocolate could be changing sooner than anticipated. If you\u2019re a chocolate lover<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or critic, you may want to check out a hidden chocolate jewel of Barcelona. What is that hidden jewel?\u00a0Oriol Balaguer. And who is he?\u00a0 Read on.\u00a0Oriol Balaguer<\/strong><\/a> is a Catalonia native confectioner known all over the world as the \u201cchocolate man<\/strong>.\u201d If you\u2019ve ever been by one of his exhibits or dessert<\/strong><\/a> displays\u00a0or simply passed it by, you would know that Barcelona is also an up and coming city of exquisite chocolate,<\/strong> and he\u2019s one of the\u00a0forerunners in making that happen.<\/p>\n

At Oriol Balaguer<\/strong> exhibits, chocolates and pastries are showcased like crown jewels that only refined chocolate eaters can eat. That means, no gobbling it down, or eating it in a rush. You have to\u00a0eat it as if you\u2019re wearing your best formal evening attire that you shouldn\u2019t get dirty.\u00a0Oriol Balaguer chocolates create the notion that chocolate are a high-class commodity, and the history of chocolate and confectionary<\/strong><\/a> in Barcelona becomes an alive and interesting facet of its use.<\/p>\n

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The man behind it all is a Tarragona native that has become a world renowned confectioner and chef. His rendez vouz<\/a><\/strong> with chocolate started at a young age, and from his family\u2019s involvement in confectionary. He\u2019s received quite a few rewards, and in 2001, his chocolate paradigm cake<\/strong><\/a> was voted as the best in the world.\u00a0With locations throughout the city in places such as El Born<\/strong>, Travessera de les Corts<\/strong> and Benet i Mateau<\/strong>, you have quite a few locations to choose from to get your sneak peek.\u00a0Most impressive, he has distribution channels in Saudi Arabia, Austria, China, Italy, Japan and the United States, to name a few. So if you\u2019re an international traveler, you have an opportunity to drop by and get a taste of chocolate with origins of Barcelona on the buzzing streets of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Have you ever had chocolate from Oriol Balaguer? Is it your favorite now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Barcelona is known for many things. Beaches, fun, football, student life, great weather, vibrancy and even romance. Now when you think of fine chocolates, what comes to mind? Dark, strong, sweet, romantic, seduction, Switzerland, France, Italy and the list continues. Was Barcelona on the list? I bet Barcelona didn\u2019t come to mind, but it should. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":64272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[3099,2915,1832],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63805"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105788,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63805\/revisions\/105788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}