Guittard

Today, Guittard is the last of the group of original family-owned food businesses that defined nineteenth century San Francisco. Guittard's newest product line—E. Guittard—is named to honor Gary's great-grandfather, Etienne, and reflects a return to the family's traditional French methods and original formulas. E. Guittard meets a niche in a growing market—the artisan foods market. After five years of testing several hundred small, handcrafted batches of varietal cacao bean blends, Gary announced the first of the E. Guittard line in May 2001, with additions to the line released in early 2002.