Valerie Confections

From a childhood love of decadent sweets, Valerie developed a lifelong passion for discovering and creating delicious moments with food. She has forged a varied and unique career, equally adept at running fine restaurants as she is working in a busy kitchen. After spending her formative culinary years in San Francisco, amidst the early days of the farm-to-table movement, she relocated to Los Angeles to run the fabled Les Deux Cafes, one of the most celebrated (and missed) restaurants in Hollywood history. Entirely self-trained, she left Les Deux and founded her namesake confectionary in 2004, with her partner Stan.  Since that time, Valerie Confections has become recognized as one of the top artisan chocolatiers in the country, known for her modern interpretation of classic chocolates and confections, elegantly packaged for gifting.