Berthillon

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox company Berthillon is a French manufacturer and retailer of luxury ice cream and sorbet, with its primary store on the Île Saint-Louis, in Paris, France. The company is owned and operated by the Chauvin family, descendants of the eponymous Monsieur Berthillon, who from 1954 operated a café and hotel called "Le Bourgogne".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The ice cream shop became famous in 1961 when a French restaurant guide Gault Millau wrote about "this astonishing ice cream shop hidden in a bistro on the Ile Saint-Louis."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They are known for using fresh and high quality ingredients <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and keep the recipe of their sorbet (i.e. the proportion of milk and egg) secret.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Raymond Berthillon, founder of Berthillon, died on 9 August 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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