Pascal Caffet

Pascal Caffet is a World-Champion and Meilleur Ouvrier de France French pastry confectioner and chocolate maker.[1] He has shops in France, Italy and in Japan.

Company history

Boutique Pascal Caffet, Troyes, France

In 1979 Bernard Caffet (Pascal’s father) created the “Palais du chocolat” in Troyes, a pastry and chocolate shop in France. After the death of Bernard Caffet, Pascal and Florence took over the family-owned business in 1987.

  • 1989: Pascal becomes “Meilleur Ouvrier de France Pâtissier” Best French Pastry Confectionner. He was only 27 years old, he was the youngest “Meilleur Ouvrier de France ».
  • 1990: Pascal and Florence decide to open a bigger shop, because the first one was too small to present all the products, pastries and chocolates.
  • 1996: Pascal becomes for the first time World Champion (chocolate and pastry).
  • 2004: Opening of the second shop in Troyes, close to the new factory.
  • 2004: The first shop Pascal Caffet, made in Japan, opens.
  • 2007: The third shop opens in Troyes, and the fourth shop opens in Japan.
  • 2008: Pascal and Florence decide to start the first shop in Paris in the very “chic” Quartier Saint-Germain.
  • 2008: Le “club des Croqueurs de chocolats”, gives to Pascal Caffet an award for the very high quality of his chocolates.
  • 2010: The first Italian shop opens in Turin.
  • 2013: The Maison Pascal Caffet is now established in the capital of Champagne, Reims.
  • 2014: Pascal Caffet opens 2 shops in Paris(16ème and 17ème arrondissements).
  • 2015: Pascal Caffet distributes its products in London, United Kingdom.

Awards

  • 2013: Apprentice Mathieu Blandin wins the Gold Medal at the Pastry World-Championship
  • 2009: Best chocolate maker in France
  • 2003: Gold Medal Pastry & Chocolate World-Championship (Champion du Monde). Lyon, France
  • Silver & Bronze medal Chocolate World-Championship. Las Vegas, United States - 2002 & 2004
  • 1996: Gold medal Pastry & Chocolate World-Championship (Champion du Monde). Milano, Italy
  • 1989: Best French Pastry Confectioner (Meilleur Ouvrier de France). France

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fauchon prend 33% de Pascal Caffet". Le Figaro. March 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
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