Our story
In 1996, pastry chef and ice cream maker Fabrice Legagneur founded La Charlotte with one objective in mind: to revolutionize the world of ice cream and frozen pastries to provide its partners with premium products in large quantities.
Our production is done according to “règles de l’art” of great French pastry. We develop our recipes with passion in our workshop in Hesdin-l’Abbé, in the north of France and select our ingredients with care and rigor to offer you tasty and authentic desserts. More than 200 people, including many highly qualified pastry chefs, work at La Charlotte.
Our unique artisanal know-how allows us to offer our customers pastries and ice-cream that combine exception with innovation. Our expertise is thus recognized by selected partners such as:
Renowned clients have trusted us over the years:
Since 1996, some of our flagship products have made our reputation:
Whether you are looking for an already prepared recipe or opt for a personalized creation, La Charlotte offers you an infinite range of flavors.
French agri-food specialist since 1921, the Senoble Group became a shareholder of La Charlotte in 2013. This move allowed us to benefit from a great support for our international development.
Following our acquisition, the group took a decisive turn and, since 2017, has now focused on:
The Senoble Group’s objective is to become the leader in premium desserts, both in France and on the international stage.
Since our creation, our history has been marked by numerous events. Here are the key milestones that have shaped La Charlotte into the company you know today:
200
awesome employees
2000000
liters of Ice cream
7000000
sales unit sold
400000
Yule logs
100
tons of cheesecake
20
innovations
born of la Charlotte R&D
400
new product designs
created upon our clients’ request
Do you have a specific need?
See our custom productsOur many years of existence have allowed La Charlotte to develop a unique expertise, and recognized by numerous partners.
Innovation is one of our strengths, and it is unanimously saluted by our clients. From our creation, we sought to revolutionize the world of premium desserts in order to satisfy our consumers both visually and taste-wise.
Always in looking for new flavors and shapes, we make extensive efforts to continue surprising you. Each year, we develop nearly a hundred new recipes, showcasing our commitment to continuous innovation.
In the year 2022 alone, La Charlotte sold over 2 million liters of ice cream. To offer you exceptional ice creams and frozen desserts, we manufacture our products by combining respect for traditional French craftsmanship with innovation.
As catering specialists, we provide:
Craving pastries? We offer a wide range of recipes that will take you on a journey. Our uniqueness? In addition to mastering French pastry craftsmanship, we are also trained in traditional American pastries. La Charlotte is thus the first French manufacturer of cheesecakes in terms of volume!
As specialists in molded products with complex assemblies, our desserts come directly from our workshops in Northern France, where they are decorated by hand.
We offer exceptional products for your holiday tables. Whether you are looking for a frozen dessert or a pastry, at La Charlotte, you’ll find a festive recipe to delight your guests.
Throughout the year, discover our festive products, crafted around various themes (Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Halloween…).
You or some of your guests are vegan?
No worries, we have your back! At La Charlotte, we understood this need for several years now.
We have developed a whole range of products tailored to this dietary choice, taking on the challenge of creating vegan desserts that retain the taste and texture of traditional pastries.
Are you convinced?
See our expertiseToday, our products are designed and manufactured in our factory in Hesdin-l’Abbé, located in the north of France, before being sold in almost 18 countries.
In order to further our development in the American market, we opened our first commercial office in the United States in 2022.
in order to offer you high-end products.
upon request.
In order to make us even more responsible, a vast majority of our products are :
To offer you high-quality products and ensure compliance with regulations and our procedures, we have developed a strict quality policy.
La Charlotte’s QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment) policy aims to strengthen the food safety within the company at all levels.
It involves all employees to improve their working conditions through training and listening to the teams.
The goal is to guarantee our customers a high level of excellence in the desserts we supply. To achieve this, we standardize our working methods and thinking to be more efficient and competitive in our industrial model.
We continuously explore new horizons through innovation to maintain our leadership position in the production of premium ice creams and desserts.
We also seek to unite our suppliers around our goals and requirements to maintain control over risks at all stages of manufacturing. Finally, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint by managing our waste and controlling our energy consumption.
Committed to offering you high-quality products, we have obtained several certifications:
GOURMET DELIGHTS IN ONE CLICK
See our productsAfter a well-deserved summer break, our employees took advantage of a sunny afternoon to get together for a barbecue. It was an opportunity to reconnect in a warm atmosphere, savour delicious grilled dishes and share moments of laughter and complicity.
What better way to round off the summer than with a barbecue? Check out the photos that capture the spirit of this wonderful day!
We took part in IDDBA 2024 in Houston, Texas, from June 9 to 11. This event brought together nearly 10,000 visitors and 900 exhibitors from 47 different countries, offering an incredible opportunity to discover the latest trends and innovations in the food sector.
Our exchanges with our partners on site were extremely enriching, strengthening our existing collaborations. But that’s not all! We also had the pleasure of meeting various influential players in the food sector: producers, distributors, retailers and food experts.
These interactions provided us with valuable insights and new perspectives for anticipating market needs. We were able to share our own experiences and innovations, while discovering innovative ideas that will propel our company to new heights.
IDDBA 2024 was an inspiring and dynamic experience.
The future looks bright !!
