Compartes, also styled editorially as Compartés, carries a chocolate-making legacy dating to 1950 into the contemporary direction led by Jonathan Grahm. In Los Angeles, California, a small team of chocolatiers and artists handcrafts chocolate where flavor meets art, design, style, and fashion.
Mr. and Mrs. Compartes established the business in 1950, first making European-style confections in the family's Brentwood home. The Grahm family later acquired Compartes, and Jonathan Grahm began making chocolate there at 15 years old.
Today the Los Angeles team works daily in small batches, using no conveyor belts, chocolate waterfalls, or high-tech machinery. New creations continue to appear as nostalgic and classic flavors are recast through contemporary combinations and presentation.
Custom chocolate gives the Compartes visual vocabulary a personal setting. Logos, branding, and tailored designs can be developed for events or gifts, so flavor, art, fashion, and design become part of the presentation.
The result treats each gift as both chocolate and a considered visual object.
Compartes sources ingredients internationally while choosing local suppliers when possible. Farmers Market berries, bright citrus, and nuts from California orchards add regional character to that wider pantry.
Bars, truffles, and confections are handcrafted with ingredients selected for freshness and expressive flavor.
The vegan line uses dark chocolate and high-quality ingredients, then applies the Compartes instinct for contemporary combinations. Flavor, art, fashion, and design remain connected in how each piece is conceived and presented.
