Cadeaux Chocolates

Seattle writer Jennifer Worrick mentioned me in the Holiday Gift Guide for Alaska Airlines in-flight magazine this November. "Made in Seattle, Cadeaux Chocolates' offerings include the Assorted Gift Box, which include nine beautiful little bites, including Fleur de Sel Caramel and Bittersweet Espresso."

Another great mention from Edible Seattle in the Binge column of their November/December 2011 issue. “For some, caramel is not complete without salt. We tasted seven salted caramels, and liked Cadeaux Chocolates’ variety best…it’s the best combination of great (Callebaut) bittersweet chocolate and chewy, rich caramel, topped with fleur de sel.”

My chocolates were featured in InStyle magazine’s Impress the Guests! holiday party idea guide. Party guru David Stark suggested tucking them inside a blank, customized matchbox for a festive gift or place setting.

 

Seattleite.com featured my chocolates in their recent online gift guide, enthusing that, “With three gift boxes to choose from online — dark, assorted caramels, and assorted gift box — it’s easy to send a sweet bite from Seattle to your loved ones. After all, cadeaux is French for “gifts.”

Beauty News NYC, a chic online beauty magazine, suggested my chocolates in their Metro Home section on Wine and Bites for Thanksgiving, “With flavors like the ruby-colored Chocolate Caramel, Fleur de Sel Caramels, Bittersweet Vanilla Bean, Praline with a caramelized cocoa nib, and Bittersweet with Sumatra Coffee (among others), this is the perfect box of chocolates for a special occasion – which renders it a great holiday gift too!”

Reporter Stephanie Zonis reviewed my chocolates for the online culinary magazine, TheNibble.com. She called them “elegant,” “a perfect gift in miniature” and says that I “make it much too easy for you to think you should try ‘just one more’ of her chocolates.”

Sunset magazine
Sunset magazine included my chocolates in their February, 2011 issue of 100 Cultural Trends of the West, calling my truffles "gem-like," my ganache "beautifully textured," and my caramels, "dreamy."

My chocolate caramels in a ruby-red bittersweet shell made the front page of the Seattle Times gift guide supplement, which came out on Black Friday, November 25, 2010, receiving top billing in the "Entertaining" section.  Writer Cody Ellerd called my confections "exquisite" and included a full-color photo of my little round gems.

Edible Seattle
I was thrilled to receive a mention in the November, 2010 issue of Edible Seattle. Editor Jill Lightner praised my chocolates for showing "gentle restraint." She went on to compliment my Honey Caramel, saying it "is one of the finest, with a thick liquid filling lightened by a precise touch of fragrant honey," and ended by saying that Cadeaux chocolates, "please and impress through subtlety."

KUOW
I had the privilege of giving an on-air testimonial about KUOW, Seattle’s local NPR station and publicly declaring my love for it. The piece played throughout the station’s fall fund drive. Click here to listen to my radio debut.

Seattle Met Magazine
In March of 2009, Seattle Met magazine gathered three samples from local chocolate companies for a taste test, asking for one milk, one dark and one chocolatiers choice.

All of the city’s heavy-hitters submitted entries, but Cadeaux was named the winner in all three categories including Milk Chocolate for my Milk Chocolate Ganache with Vanilla Bean, Chocolatier’s Choice for my Fleur de Sel Caramel and Dark Chocolate for my gold-flecked Bittersweet Chocolate Truffle, which the tasters called a “superstar.”

NWsource.com
Ali Brownrigg  reviewed Cadeaux for the Seattle Times shopping website NWsource.com, raving that she had “never seen or eaten more gorgeous, refined or seductively subtle chocolates as those made by local chocolatier Janet Shimada…”

Seattle Magazine
Cadeaux’s gold-flecked Bittersweet Chocolate Truffle was a favorite among the tasters who participated in Seattle Magazine’s “Seattle’s Best Desserts” story. Deemed Most Valuable Chocolate Truffle, they called it “almost-too-pretty-to-eat,” declaring that, “one is never enough.”

Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon
In July of 2008 Cadeaux won first place for Best Truffle in the 1^st Annual Salon Tasting Panel Awards.