Sweet Memories
A gingerbread house

The story of Temmerman’s confectionery and chocolate begins in 1904 with the marriage of Eugène Temmerman and Bertha Van Moffaert. Eugène, the son of a large family of farmers, prefers the trade of confectioner to the legacy of the farm. During his training, he meets Bertha, the daughter of a gingerbread manufacturer in Maldegem. After the wedding, they open their own shop in Ghent at the corner of the Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat and the Lammerstraat. Here, he makes chocolate and sweets, whereas biscuits and gingerbread are her specialities. Due to their passion for flavours, aromas and colours, their wide interests and their acquaintanceship with foreign students, they soon expand their selection to exotic tastes. Immediately, the confectionery started to boom…
 
Nowadays, you will find the family shop at the Kraanlei near the “Huis van Alijn” (Alijn House). The little house with the nicest candy store in town is officially called the “Huis van de Werken van Barmhartigheid” (House of the Works of Mercy). There is one work of mercy that is certainly still being practised here today: feeding those with a sweet tooth…

Here you will find typical Ghent sweets that you won’t find anywhere else. Make sure you try the famous “cuberdons” (a.k.a. “neuzekes” or “little noses”), “wippers", “mokken” and “katrienespekken”.

Authorized:

Rudy Coddens
Schepen van Onderwijs en Opvoeding
Sint-Baafsplein 2A
9000 Gent
Tel.: 09 266 54 30
Fax: 09 266 54 49
E-mail: schepen.coddens@gent.be