Lilamand Candy Workshop, Confectionery store in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Atelier Confiserie Lilamand is a confectionery store and working workshop located on rue de la Commune in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in Provence, France. The shop sells handmade candied fruits, calissons, syrups, and jams produced on site, with the shelves arranged to display the full range of sweets in their colorful packaging.
Marius Lilamand opened a small sweet shop in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1866, and his son Justin moved the operation in the early 1900s to an old tannery on the edge of the village to focus on candied fruit. Pierre Lilamand has run the business since 1990 and gradually expanded it, adding a dedicated calisson workshop in 2009.
The recipes used here draw on confectionery traditions linked to Nostradamus, who was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and wrote about preserving fruit in sugar in the 16th century. Calissons made with almond paste and candied local fruits are the two products visitors most often take home as a taste of the region.
The shop is on rue de la Commune, close to the town center of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, and easy to reach on foot from the main square and nearby historic sites. It stays open every day in December due to holiday demand, and the staff speak both French and English.
Since 2016, the Lilamand family has grown its own almonds to control the quality of the raw material going into its calissons. A second shop opened in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in 2013, where a small museum lets visitors watch the candy making process up close.
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