Jean-Paul Hévin
Jean-Paul Hévin (born 1957) is a French manufacturer of high-end chocolate running 4 stores in Paris, 5 in Japan and 2 in Hong Kong. It is headquartered in Paris.[1]
Jean-Paul Hévin was born in Méral, Mayenne, France in 1957. In 1974 Hevin worked towards a vocational certificate as a confectioner/chocolate and ice-cream maker. The next year he began working as an apprentice confectioner at the Intercontinental Hotel. In 1976 Hevin moved to the Nikko Hotel as an apprentice confectioner, then pastry chef until 1988. In 1988 Hevin opened his first shop ("Le Petit Boulé") on Avenue de la Motte-Picquet, Paris. He then opened another shop rue Vavin in 1990 and a Tea House rue Saint Honoré in 1997.
In 2002, he also moved into the Japanese market by opening two chocolate themed bars. He had previously worked in Japan as head of the Peltier laboratory in Tokyo. Over the years Hevin gradually opened more stores in Paris and Japan along with releasing his own lines of confectionery including cheese-flavored chocolate appetizers and chocolate energy bars.
In March 2008, he also opened two shops in Hong Kong.[2]
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[edit] Personal life
Jean-Paul Hévin's father was a farmer in Mayenne. His mother, who liked to cook, taught him how to make his first recipes. Although his father liked to eat confectionery, cakes were not their specialty. He only started to make some pastry when he was 13, starting with simple pies. But Hevin wanted to be an electronic engineer at first, applying to a school in his area. By chance, some would say, he missed the application date and decided to learn pastry instead, going to Laval's technical school Robert-Buron where he got his certificate as a confectioner/chocolate maker a few years later.
[edit] Contests and awards
Reference: [5]
- 1979 : Gold medal, Arpajon Gourmet Contest.
- 1980 : First prize, Charles Proust contest.
- 1982 : First Prize, French Cup of Pastry.
- 1983 : First Prize, World Chocolat Master.
- 1984 : First Prize, granted by the French President at the Arpajon Gourmet Contest.
- 1986 : Best French Workman - Pastry and Confectionery.
- 2003 : The "Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat" (Chocolate Taster Club) granted five bars to Jean-Paul Hévin in their ranking of the best chocolat makers.
- 2004 : The economic newspaper Nikkei Shinbun ranked Jean-Paul Hévin #1 chocolate maker in Japan.
- 2005 : Jean-Paul Hévin's chocolate macaron is elected "Paris' Best Macaroon" in the "Classic" category.
- 2005 : Jean-Paul Hévin's macaron are awarded again.
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact." Jean-Paul Hévin. Retrieved on 23 August 2009.
- ^ http://www.jphevin.com.hk/shoplist.php
- ^ Jean-Paul Hévin, Délices de chocolat, éd Flammarion, avril 2006
- ^ François Simon, Jean-Paul Hévin, éd. Assouline, coll. « Mémoires », février 2008
- ^ « Jean-Paul Hévin... », Thuriès Gastronomie Magazine, nº209, mai 2009
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Profile - Chocolate Reviews
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