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Olivier Willems creates the Ensor praline

One expressive face, four different flavours, made with high-quality local products as well as chocolate based on Fairtrade cocoa.

Proud ambassador of the Ensor pralines

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Olivier Willems creates the Ensor praline

One expressive face, four different flavours, made with high-quality local products as well as chocolate based on Fairtrade cocoa.

Proud ambassador of the Ensor pralines

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Taste the seamanship

The seamanship? That’s right! A blend of craftsmanship and sea. 30 years of passion and experience are stuffed in every praline that Olivier Willems creates. A wave of flavours over the years.

From the open ateliers, every new creation finds its way directly  to the customer. Olivier Willems is the chocolatier by the sea.

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“Chocolatier of the year 2025” by Gault&Millau

Olivier Willems has been using the sea as inspiration for his chocolates for years.
The waves at the origin of the creations. Now his collection also includes the famous masks of painter James Ensor.

Shop Petit Paris, In the heart of the city

Olivier works by the sea. In the city-by-the-sea. The king of pralines at work in the Queen of seaside resorts. That’s just fine, isn’t it? Ostend. An array of cultural influences inspiring the chocolatier.

Olivier Willems chocolaterie can be found in the Alfons Pieterslaan. The open space where customers can see the chocolatier at work captures the imagination.

Alfons Pieterslaan 120, Ostend

Shop Petit Paris, In the heart of the city

Olivier works by the sea. In the city-by-the-sea. The king of pralines at work in the Queen of seaside resorts. That’s just fine, isn’t it? Ostend. An array of cultural influences inspiring the chocolatier.

Olivier Willems chocolaterie can be found in the Alfons Pieterslaan. The open space where customers can see the chocolatier at work captures the imagination.

Alfons Pieterslaan 120, Ostend

Atelier Oosteroever, in the city’s fashionable part

The opening of a brand new Olivier Willems shop and atelier in 2022 is the icing on the cake. In the city’s fashionable part on the” Oosteroever” - the East Bank. Also in Ostend. Also with an open atelier.

A second premises enables Olivier to upscale his production capacity.

Vuurtorendok-Zuid 5, Ostend

Atelier Oosteroever, in the city’s fashionable part

The opening of a brand new Olivier Willems shop and atelier in 2022 is the icing on the cake. In the city’s fashionable part on the” Oosteroever” - the East Bank. Also in Ostend. Also with an open atelier.

A second premises enables Olivier to upscale his production capacity.

Vuurtorendok-Zuid 5, Ostend

Olivier Willems, proud partner of Film Festival Ostend

photography film festival by Nick Decombel

Olivier Willems, your chocolatier by the sea.

Shop Petit Paris
Alfons Pieterslaan 120, 8400 Ostend
opening hours
+32 (0)59 70 99 31

Atelier Oosteroever
Vuurtorendok-Zuid 5, 8400 Ostend
opening hours
+32 (0)59 70 99 31

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