Manuel

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All the chocolates are prepared every day in an artisanal way by a team of five passionate chocolatiers.

At Manuel’s, the selection of chocolates and fine patisseries is particularly attractive, as is the shop’s large range: bakery products, sandwiches and seasonal salads to go, and a lunchtime menu that is colourful and flavourful.

Manuel also offers a catering service for all kinds of events.

Elected best chocolates by a jury of experts at the Lausanne Chocolate Rally in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Manuel also supplied the Swiss airline company from 2018 to 2020.

Anecdote
Lausanne history says that François-Louis Manuel, confectioner and father of the company’s founder, made chocolate for a certain grocer named Charles-Amédée Kohler. However, pastry chef Manuel’s customers disliked the penetrating fragrance of chocolate that prevailed in the shop. Manuel is believed to have said to the future co-founder of Nestlé-Peter-Cailler-Kohler: “My dear friend, if you wish to continue making chocolate, you need to do it elsewhere, as my customers dislike the smell.” Without that friendly banishment, Kohler wouldn’t have created his chocolate factory in the old sawmill at Sauvabelin, first modest stage of the presence of the international group in Vevey.