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Inside Brooklyn’s Wonka Factory: Jacques Torres Chocolate

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  • This is the kind of shower we want to take.
    Photo Credit: Georgia Kral
  • Chocolate flows like water at the Jacques Torres Chocolate factory.
    Photo Credit: Georgia Kral
  • Chocolate Ganache, ready for enrobing. LOOK AT ALL THAT CHOCOLATE!
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  • The 40,000 square-foot space in Industry City is only operating at half-capacity, he said.
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  • In the chocolate factory, chocolate swirled in every color.
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  • Pink chocolate is everything.
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  • The smell was heavenly.
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  • Nuts and other items are tossed in chocolate, cocoa powder and other yummy substances in this pan-coating machine, one of three at Jacques Torres Chocolates.
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  • Machines that make delicious treats are everywhere at the Jacques Torres Chocolates factory.
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  • Chocolate is on everything, obviously, at Jacques Torres Chocolate.
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  • Torres (and all members of the tour) stuck their hairnet-covered heads into this machine.
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  • Jacques Torres' famous hot chocolate is made on this machine.
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  • Ginger ready for its chocolate coating.
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  • Moving on down the line...
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  • When salt meets chocolate: magic!
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  • So many...
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  • In his element, surrounded by chocolate, Jacques Torres shines.
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  • A bite into one of these chocolates resulted in a gush of liquid caramel.
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  • Jacques Torres said he couldn't pick a favorite bonbon flavor, but when asked to eat one he went straight for the coconut.
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  • Like we said, chocolate is everywhere. Even on the floor!
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  • Chocolate ice cream in a giant tub is just so appealing.
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  • More chocolate ice cream, pre-chill...
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  • Samples of this godlike-substance were luscious, refreshing and creamy.
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  • Railroad tracks used to run between the two sides of Industry City. Cranes would take cargo from each floor and load the trains up with goods.
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  • Jacques Torres delights in all kinds of treats -- champagne and sorbet included.
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“Come with me/ And you’ll be/ In a world of pure imagination…”

Jacques Torres – aka Mr. Chocolate – arrived to meet the tour group at his factory on an electric scooter, his grin stretching from ear to ear. What else can be expected from a man who deals in confections?

Torres, who is also the Dean of Pastry Arts at the International Culinary Center and takes on student interns who learn in his factory, led the group through his new chocolate factory in Brooklyn’s Industry City.

Take a look around the 40,000 square-foot temple to chocolate with us. We hope you can almost taste it.

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