3. Jacques Torres, DUMBO, Rockefeller Center, SoHo, Upper West Side

Award-winning French Chef Jacques Torres gained his expertise touring the globe with two-star Michelin chef Jacques Maximin at Hotel Negresco, as the Corporate Pastry Chef for the Ritz-Carlton and popular New York restaurant Le Cirque. He realized his American dream in 2000 when he opened up his first chocolate shop in DUMBO, venturing out as the first artisan chocolatier in the U.S. to start with cocoa beans when making his own chocolate. Chocoholics can now enjoy his mouth-watering works of art at five cozy boutiques throughout the city.