LEONIDAS

Leonidas

Leonidas is a Belgian chocolate company that produces chocolate and other related products. The company was started in 1913 by Greek-Cypriot American confectioner Leonidas Kestekides in Ghent although he first began producing his chocolate in the U.S. Even so, according to author and editor Mort Rosenblum, Leonidas chocolate is “real Belgian chocolate, fairly priced, and plenty of people like it.” Its maintenance has been passed down through Leonidas Kestelides’ descendants over the years. Leonidas has 350 shops in Belgium and nearly 1,250 stores in around 50 countries including 340 in France. Leonidas has become one of the highest producing, widespread chocolate ...

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