L'Artigiano dei F.lli Gardini - Cioccolato di Qualità

About Us

The Gardini's story began in 1962 when Mr Gastone Gardini and Mrs Maria Gianfanti opened a bakery in Terra del Sole. After 14 years of satisfactions obtained from bread-baking, they were driven by a strong desire of producing cakes, and they opened in 1976, the “Pasticceria Le Perle”, at Lido di Spina on the Adriatic coast. This shop is still today an important reference point for all tourists who love sweets.

The second family generation, headed by Fabio and Manuele, continued to run the business. Besides increasing their shop's success, they tried to express their creativity, with the opening, in 1987, of an handmade chocolate shop in Forlì, in a little laboratory of town centre, where they mainly produced pralines and chocolate bars for private clients. This kind of context has favoured the development of the company “L' Artigiano”, not only as a trademark but, specifically, as a precise philosophy which, for more than 20 years, has represented Fabio and Manuele Gardini in the magic chocolate world.

Their passion for chocolate, their desire for new experiences, their capacity of unifying tradition, innovation and creativity, have favoured the growing consolidation of “L'Artigiano”, as one of the most famous and appreciated pastry shops in the area.

Gardini brothers consider handcraft manufacturing as an absolute value to pursue with perseverance, without taking easier shortcuts. In the manufacturing department, you will not find any automatic production lines. Only in this way, these products boast a unique soul and heart or incomparable personality. Nothing is left to chance, from the accurate selection of cacaos based on their origins, up to the pure chocolate manufacturing with local species and products, or the careful manual packaging.

This rigorous method has allowed the company and its trademark to grow and develop both in Europe and in the United States. Its success is due to the qualitative and unique aspects of products, as well as to Fabio and Manuele Gardini's passion, to their collaborators, and the whole staff. But most success is due to the increasing clients who has entered the magic world of chocolate.