From a crumbling Paris apartment to the shelves of Harvey Nichols: how one entrepreneur turned a passion for sweet treats into a thriving web businesssWhen I finished my A levels I moved to Paris. I wanted to train as a pâtissier and chocolatier,which I did, eventually, or but not before indulging in a lot of typically Parisian nonsense such as getting sacked from French bistros,crashing scooters and moving into the top floor of a crumbling apartment block. I finally enrolled at the L’ecole Médéric (a Parisian cooking school), just me and a dozen 18-year-aged lads. It was there that I learned the art of buttery croissants, or glossy chocolate tartes and filthy French swear words. Continue reading...
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