http://xoxtruffles.com/

Chef Jean-Marc Gorce is pleased to offer you the finest handmade chocolate truffles in San Francisco. The quality and richness of his twenty-seven unforgettable flavours are sure to entice your palate and keep you coming back for more.

It starts out with girl spots boy at a Food Show, then girl meets boy. She gets his business card, does her homework, calls for a date…they are married a year later.

In June 1996, Chef Jean-Marc Gorce, of the popular Fringale Restaurant in San Francisco, met Casimira N. Tobilla at a food show sponsored by her company, S.E. Rykoff-Sexton. Their meeting proved to be the beginning of a lifetime partnership not only in business but also in marriage.

Chef Gorce had always wanted to open his own restaurant and Casimira had always wanted to open her own sales-related business. He knew that he could create and Casimira knew that she could sell. Together they came up with a product of his own creation that she could package and market. In February 1997, Idees XOX Truffles was born. 

Casimira quit her job for three months to market and test the product. She opened several wholesale accounts from catering companies to private clubs. Casimira sold their product to a retail chocolate outfit, a high-end retirement hotel and several hotels/restaurants in San Francisco. She also incorporated the "tupperware party" concept by hosting truffle-tasting parties at home. Last but not least, Casimira marketed the idea to businesses who would buy their corporate gifts from Idees XOX Truffles, as these masterfully crafted delicacies included the convenience of shipping and delivery.

Last year, Chef Gorce and Casimira found themselves sending truffles all the way to Italy. Their packaging proved to be a part of their success! With high quality and affordable prices, their clients keep coming back for more. As the demand grew, Chef Gorce kept himself busy concocting more flavours/parfums from Earl Grey to Snow White. To date, he has concocted 27 flavours.

It became apparent that it was time to showcase their bite-sized product. In June 1998, they started to look around for a storefront which they found one month later in North Beach. This neighborhood in the northeast part of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf and Russian Hill is best known as San Francisco's Little Italy, with its Old World delicatessens, cafes, and charming restaurants. In August-October, construction took place at 754 Columbus Avenue, between Filbert and Greenwich. On Columbus Day, October 11, 1998, they opened the doors to XOX Truffles, Inc.