ARE YOU A CHOCOLATE CONNOISSEUR? IF SO, YOU ARE PROBABLY OBSESSED WITH THE SWEET WORLD OF PRESTAT,  WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN ENGLAND IN 1902, BY ANTOINE DUFOUR WHOSE FAMILY ORIGINALLY CREATED THE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE. PRESTAT IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND’S CHOCOLATE MAKERS!

MOSTLY FOR SALE IN THE UK, PRESTAT IS OPENING A POP UP EASTER SHOP AT HENRI BENDEL IN MANHATTAN TOMORROW, MARCH 26TH, OFFERING A VARIETY OF CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONS INCLUDING A GIANT 4LB EGG SIMILAR TO THE EGG GIVEN TO THE QUEEN. [ONLY THREE WILL BE AVAILABLE, AT $200 EACH!]

IN 1998, NICK CREAN AND HIS HALF-BROTHER BILL KEELING PURCHASED PRESTAT. CREAN AND KEELING ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE PRESTAT’S RICH HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE MAKING INTO THE FUTURE. PRESTAT IS HONORED TO HAVE HELD THE ROYAL WARRANT FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, FOR OVER 35 YEARS. [A ROYAL WARRANT IS A MARK OF SERVICE, QUALITY OF PRODUCE AND OUTSTANDING VALUE]

PRESTAT’S HIGHLY SKILLED CHOCOLATIERS AND CONFECTIONARY CHEFS HANDCRAFT EACH CHOCOLATE AND TRUFFLE, USING ONLY THE VERY BEST INGREDIENTS, FROM THEIR ARTISANAL KITCHENS IN LONDON, ENGLAND.

**PRESTAT’S TRUFFLES WERE A FAVORITE CHOCOLATE OF ROALD DAHL – THE AUTHOR OF CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, WHICH WAS IMMORTALISED IN THE FILM WILLY WONKA. DAHL BASED HIS NOVEL , MY UNCLE OSWALD, AROUND THE FINE QUALITIES OF THE PRESTAT TRUFFLE.

GETTING HUNGRY YET?  ONE KDHAMPTONS READERS CAN WIN THREE SEA SALT CARAMEL DARK CHOCOLATE EGGS [ABOVE]!

*JUST TYPE “I’M SWEET FOR PRESTAT” IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW, OR TWEET “I’M SWEET FOR PRESTAT” @KDHAMPTONS WITH #PRESTAT AND YOU CAN WIN!

PRESTAT CHOCOLATES ARE AVAILABLE IN OVER 200 STORES THROUGHOUT THE UK, INCLUDING A CONCESSION IN HARRODS, WHICH OPENED IN 2009, AND IN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY, AND SCANDINAVIA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: http://www.prestat.co.uk

OR SHOP AT HENRI BENDEL, 712 FIFTH AVENUE, NYC