Maison Cailler Chocolate, Broc, Switzerland
The 20-minute multimedia animation program, which is available in French, English, German, Spanish, and Chinese, kicks off a visit to the Cailler chocolate factory. Every four minutes, new groups leave. Visitors can learn about the origins of chocolate in Mexico, how the Spanish conquistadors introduced it to Europe, how the pope recognized it as a healthy beverage, how it entered French boudoirs (trust the French to bring chocolate into the bedroom and actually consume it in bed), and how the Swiss refined chocolate in the nineteenth century. In order to move people along at a certain rate, doors open, and lights turn on automatically.
Visitors are allowed to leisurely explore the remainder of the factory after the animation display. The numerous facets of cultivating cocoa and making chocolate are covered in audio guides. One of Cailler's most well-known products, Mini Branches, is produced on a completely automated chocolate production process. The best food is provided at the end of the trip; sampling is permitted at the end of the line.
Before concluding the tour with a degustation, visitors can look through windows into the main factory floor (tasting). Once more, the finest pralines and chocolates are served at the conclusion. Cailler is not frugal with its products, and sampling is mostly uncontrolled. A theater plays films about chocolate, while a café serves refreshments and small bites. The Chocolate Studio (Atelier du Chocolat) offers cooking and chocolate-making classes, although appointments are required in advance. Birthday parties are among the children's programs that are accessible.
