Ripert, Bourdain Team Up to Launch Chocolate Bar

Williams-Sonoma announced the exclusive launch of a chocolate collaboration between Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain called the Good & Evil Chocolate Bar. Inspired by the friendship and personalities of  Ripert and Bourdain, the chocolate has been crafted in the traditional European style by master chocolatier Christopher Curtin of Éclat Chocolate using Fair Trade organic cacao beans. 

The bar is distinguished by its smoothness and intensely complex flavor that combines the pleasures of "good" food with the heavenly "evil" of pure indulgence.

“We are proud to be working with these guys and to be the exclusive retailer of their sinfully delicious chocolate,” said Janet Hayes, president of Williams-Sonoma. "Anthony and Eric partnering on this product is incredibly exciting as we know it will be well received by fans of both chefs and chocolate lovers alike.”

Bourdain, a chef, author and host of CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, commented, “A little guilt, in appropriate amounts, can only make one's simple pleasures better. This bar contains the perfect blend of good ingredients and evil intent. Enjoy it at your peril. You'll be back for more.”

“Unlike Anthony, I don’t believe in guilty pleasures,” added Ripert, whose Le Bernardin restaurant is among the country’s top-ranked establishments. “I see no evil, hear no evil, taste no evil! The distinctive flavors and sense of umami will make you savor every piece. It’s pure pleasure.”

The Good & Evil Chocolate Bar, composed of 72 percent premium cacao, pairs beautifully with red wine, coffee or espresso and is available for sale both in stores and online at Williams-Sonoma.

To celebrate the Good and Evil Chocolate Bar launch, Bourdain and Ripert will be making an appearance at the Williams-Sonoma Columbus Circle store in New York on Dec. 2nd to sign chocolate bars and cookbooks for fans.