Salomon Kalou tasted sweet success at Chelsea and won the Champions League, Premier League, the League Cup and four FA Cups and now the former attacker ventures into the chocolate industry.
The Ivorian scored 60 goals in his six seasons in Stamford Bridge during the Trophy-Loaden Roman Abramovich era and ended his career in West London at a peak by lifting the European Cup after the Blues 2012 Triumph over Bayern München in the German club of the Home Stadium of the Home Stadium of the Home Stadium.
And instead of striving for a career for Punditry or Coaching-as his former teammates Frank Lampard and John Terry-Wil Kalou make a splash in the confectionery market.
The brand is called Oume, named after his birthplace, with Kalou who wants to emphasize the importance of his home country in the chocolate world. The Ivory Coast produces 45 percent of the world's cocoa, the most important ingredient of chocolate.
“My uncle had a cocoa farmer and I grew up around the farm and between school and at the weekend we would help him,” Kalou told the Telegraph.
'Growing up, I can't remember ate chocolate and didn't know what it was. It's expensive. It is more a privilege, for people who can afford to buy it because it is expensive.
'People don't know what they make on their farms is for chocolate. But we have a large percentage of production. We also have great football players.
'To make a comparison between the two, a product can come from Ivory Coast and go worldwide. A football player can be born in Oume and come to Chelsea and win the Champions League can be worldwide. '
Kalou wants to promote Oume as a luxury brand and branch his cocoa in other products and one day hopes to see chocolate in some of the most prestigious VK stores.
'One day I would like to see Oume in Waitrosis, Selfridges or Harrods. That would be a proud moment.
“It is a tough market with the price of cocoa that increases as a result of extreme weather and under investment.”
Kalou, who also enjoyed Proverbs in Lille, Hertha Berlin and Feyenoord, won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 and is only behind Didier Drogba (63) with 24 goals for his country.