Eleven years ago, he returned to his native Brussels and opened his first chocolate shop.
The village also has its own chocolate shop.
There are some 50 chocolate shops in Bruges and only 3, he claims, make their own.
She opened her first chocolate shop in Paris in 1928 at the age of 18.
She decided then to close down her chocolate shops, and after that only made truffles occasionally at home for the family.
They went to Paris, where she learned her trade by working in a chocolate shop.
For something characteristically Belgian, head to one of the many chocolate shops - simply the best in the world.
This being a Flemish city, there are of course some wonderful chocolate shops.
The three men walked east together, behind the chocolate shop, to the target building's red rear door.
Icing on the cake: Not one, but two handmade chocolate shops.