Domenico Ghirardelli, Sr. (1817-1894) was born in Rapallo, Italy in 1817, the son and apprentice of a chocolatier. In 1837, Ghirardelli moved to Uruguay, then moved again in 1838, this time to Lima, Peru, established a confectionery, and began using the Spanish equivalent of his Italian name, Domingo. In 1849 he moved to California, upon the recommendation of his former neighbor, James Lick, who had brought 600 pounds of chocolate with him to San Francisco in 1848.

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  • Domenico Ghirardelli, Sr. (1817-1894) was born in Rapallo, Italy in 1817, the son and apprentice of a chocolatier. In 1837, Ghirardelli moved to Uruguay, then moved again in 1838, this time to Lima, Peru, established a confectionery, and began using the Spanish equivalent of his Italian name, Domingo. In 1849 he moved to California, upon the recommendation of his former neighbor, James Lick, who had brought 600 pounds of chocolate with him to San Francisco in 1848. Caught up in the California Gold Rush, Ghirardelli spent a few months in the gold fields near Sonora and Jamestown, before deciding to become a merchant in Hornitos, CA. In 1852, he moved to San Francisco and established the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company at Ghirardelli Square. When he lost his first wife he married Carmen (1830-?) from Peru. They had the following children: Joseph Ghirardelli (1854-?); Elvira Ghirardelli (1856-?); Louis Ghirardelli (1858-?); Angela Ghirardelli (1859-?); Eugene Ghirardelli (1862-?). Around the year 1865, a worker at the Ghirardelli factory discovered that by hanging a bag of ground cacao beans in a warm room, the cocoa butter would drip off, leaving behind a residue that can then be converted into ground chocolate. This technique, known as the Broma process is now the most common method for the production of chocolate. Domingo Ghirardelli died in 1894 while on a trip to his birthplace in Italy. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
  • Domenico (Domingo) Ghirardelli sen. war ein italienischer Chocolatier.
  • Domenico Ghirardelli, Sr. (1817-1894) est né à Rapallo (Italie) en 1817. Il était le fils et l'apprentis d'un chocolatier. En 1837, Ghirardelli émigra en Uruguay puis à Lima au Pérou où il ouvrit une confiserie. Il partit en Californie en 1849 sur les conseils de son voisin James Lick. Il prit le bateau pour San Francisco avec celui-ci et 600 livres de chocolat. Pris par la fièvre de l'or, il passa plusieurs mois sur les gisements aurifères près de Sonora et de Jamestown avant de devenir marchand à Hornitos (Californie). En 1852, il s'installa à San Francisco et y fonda une chocolaterie.
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  • Domenico Ghirardelli, Sr. (1817-1894) was born in Rapallo, Italy in 1817, the son and apprentice of a chocolatier. In 1837, Ghirardelli moved to Uruguay, then moved again in 1838, this time to Lima, Peru, established a confectionery, and began using the Spanish equivalent of his Italian name, Domingo. In 1849 he moved to California, upon the recommendation of his former neighbor, James Lick, who had brought 600 pounds of chocolate with him to San Francisco in 1848.
  • Domenico (Domingo) Ghirardelli sen. war ein italienischer Chocolatier.
  • Domenico Ghirardelli, Sr. (1817-1894) est né à Rapallo (Italie) en 1817. Il était le fils et l'apprentis d'un chocolatier. En 1837, Ghirardelli émigra en Uruguay puis à Lima au Pérou où il ouvrit une confiserie. Il partit en Californie en 1849 sur les conseils de son voisin James Lick. Il prit le bateau pour San Francisco avec celui-ci et 600 livres de chocolat.
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  • Domingo Ghirardelli
  • Domingo Ghirardelli
  • Domingo Ghirardelli
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