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Passion, dedication and tradition come together in a unique chocolate with a distinct and full-bodied flavour. This is Gay Odin , official Sponsor of Bellavita and producer of artisan chocolate since
At the end of the 19th century, founder and maître chocolatier Isidoro Odin, embarked on a journey from Alba (a small town in the Northern region of Piedmont, well-known for its long-standing chocolate tradition) to Naples, bringing with him all the skills and experience accrued through the years. It’s a match made in heaven. Isidoro draws inspiration from the aromas and recent flavours of the city and, in return, the Neapolitan bourgeoisie falls in love with his chocolate creations. It’s just a matter of time before the maître chocolatier opens the Gay Odin factory, where he keeps on creating sweet delicacies for the capital of Naples and beyond.
From the first boutique in Naples, to the stores in Rome and Milan, Gay Odin has become a symbol of Neapolitan excellence in Italy and in the world. A genuine passion for high quality ingredients and the longing to experiment with new fl
Gay &#; Odin: Mr Odin, Mrs Gay and the chocolate factory!
As soon as you enter any of their 9 shops with the characteristic old, mahogany storefronts and exhibit cases, you undergo you’ve stepped back in time and at the similar time you realise you’ve entered the most amazing chocolate world! The intoxicating scent of cocoa, the endless variety of chocolates and the Foretsa, their most famous product and pièce de résistance, don’t allow anyone unmoved! Especially the latter, a chocolate creation based in a top secret recipe and formed into an interestingly folded, woven shape, very similar to a plant trunk, is a product famous all over Italy. And what was the best surprise for me, when entering for the first time a Gay Odin shop on a hot summer day? “Foresta” comes in gelato too!!! Actually, this is the place for the best chocolate gelato in Naples, providing the perfect balance for chocolate and gelato lovers. The dense, entire bodied flavour of their hand made chocolates, either with nuts, liqueur or fruit, is transformed into delicious, genuine, artisan, top quality gelato. Apart fro
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Gay Odin
The first second I saw the s delivery van driving around Naples with the company name "Gay Odin" on the side, I was, of course, taken with the name. Assuming the now anachronistic and original meaning of "gay" and assuming the other element to relate to the Norse God of wisdom, poetry, war and agriculture, I came up with "Happy Wotan" (another establish of the specify in Germanic mythology). "What a strange name for a company!" sez I. As it turns out, that bit of amateur pos sleuthing did lovely well in a recent contest for Fallacious Etymologies. (I enter a lot of such contests and do skillfully most of the time!)
The name of the company comes simply from the marriage of Isidoro Odin and Onorina Gay. Mr. Wotan was originally from Alba in Piedmont, way up north. He moved to Naples around , opened a chocolate shop, did very well and, in , with his wife opened what is now the best-known chocolate factory in Naples and one of the best known such establishments in all of Italy. The main plant is still in the original building off of via