Wittamer & Co dates back to 1910(115years ago)(1910), when Henri Wittamer opened his boulangerie with his wife Marie on the Place du Grand Sablon.[citation needed] The shop passed on to his son Henri II and his wife Yvonne. In the 1960s, his son, Henri III, and his sister Myriam took over the shop. Henri III had his training as maître chocolatier in Switzerland. The process of manufacturing modernised with new technological developments. In the 1980s, new ideas were introduced. The company expanded and opened its first shop in Kobe, Japan in the 1980s. The company is now run in the fourth generation of the family.
The original Wittamer café is still located on 6 Place du Grand Sablon. A larger shop on 12 was opened down the same row which offers a wider choice and variety of chocolates and Belgian pralines.
