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 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 the “Meilleur Ouvrier de France Pâtissier” Best French Pastry Confectioner. He was only 27 years old, the youngest Meilleur Ouvrier in 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 of chocolate and pastries.
  • 2004: Opening of the second shop in Troyes, close to the new factory.
  • 2004: Pascal Caffet's first shop in Japan opens.
  • 2007: The third shop opens in Troyes, and the second shop in Japan opens.
  • 2008: Pascal and Florence decide to start the first shop in Paris in the very “chic” Quartier Saint-Germain.
  • 2008: The “Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat”, gives an award to Pascal Caffet 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)

See also

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