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The Giscards of Wuthrich in new hands!

The house was founded in 1888 and fully deserves its historic Café label. The city's last Belle Époque tea room is adorned with ironwork and stained glass to welcome gourmets into its semi-circular veranda. Since 1995, Egon Kopp has taken over the iconic address. But, at the age of 78, he decided to hand over the reins and it was Valérie and Luc Mayor, lovers of the place and native Lausanne residents, who took over the business.

“ We have three full-time chocolatiers, it’s an incredible luxury. And the store is our only point of sale. »

Valérie Mayor, owner of Wuthrich

 

He, a part-time Formula 1 journalist, had already opened the store of the chocolatier Blondel in Tokyo in 2012, before taking over the Chocolaterie Walder, in Neuchâtel, in 2017. Then opening points of sale in Bienne then Berne. “When Egon Kopp asked us to take over, we we did not hesitate. The place is magical, with a large laboratory, a clientele,” explains the boss...

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