Chocolatiers

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Jean-Paul H%C3%A9vin

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Milton S. Hershey

Milton S. Hershey

Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American confectioner and philanthropist. He founded the Hershey Chocolate Company and the "company town" of Hershey, Pennsylvania, eventually becoming a great success. As he and his wife had no children, they turned to philanthropy.

He was honored by the United States Postal Service with the issue on September 13, 1995 of a 32¢ Great Americans series (1980–2000) definitive postage stamp (Scott #2933).

Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857 to Henry and Veronica "Fanny" Snavely Hershey. Born the son of a Christian father, his family were members of Pennsylvania's Mennonite community. His ancestors were Swiss and German and had settled in Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. He grew up speaking Pennsylvania Dutch. Like many rural young people of the time, Milton was expected to help out on the family farm, and he learned early on of the value of hard work and perseverance. Henry Hershey rarely stayed anywhere very long, and was prone to leaving his wife and child for long periods. Because of this, Hershey had a very limited education with no schooling after 4th grade.

In 1871, Milton Hershey left school for good and was apprenticed to a local printer who published a German-English newspaper. He did not like that kind of work and he thought it was very boring. One day at work there, he accidentally dropped his hat in one of the machines. Because his boss was hot-tempered, he was fired shortly after. He was worried to see how his parents would react. His father asked Sam Ernst to take him back, and he did decide to give him a second chance, but Mattie Snavely, his aunt, and his mother had a different idea. They wanted him to learn the trade of candy making instead. So, his mother arranged for the 14-year-old Hershey to be apprenticed to a confectioner named Joseph Royer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Over the next four years, Hershey learned the craft of creating confections. In 1876, he moved to Philadelphia to start his first confectionery business.

Milton then traveled to Denver and, finding work at a local confectioners, learned how to make caramels using fresh milk. He then went to New Orleans and Chicago looking for opportunities, before settling in New York City in 1883 and training at Huyler's. He started his second business which, while initially successful, lasted only three years, closing in 1886.

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Hans Imhoff

Hans Imhoff (March 12, 1922 – December 21, 2007) was a German chocolate producer and founder of the Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum (Imhoff Chocolate Museum) in Cologne, Germany.

Imhoff was born in Cologne to Franz and Charotte Imhoff (née Gallé). After leaving Elementary School he then joined a Trade School, where he trained in Commercial and Vocational Studies. Imhoff founded a chocolate and sugar factory after World War II where he produced non-branded chocolates, which became very successful. In 1969 he took over the Hildebrand chocolate company in Berlin – Germany's oldest chocolate manufacturer - who held the chocolate brand "Scho-Ka-Kola". In 1972 Imhoff took over the failing Stollwerck chocolate company, and managed to convert it into a successful business. He built up a European Chocolate group through acquiring other brands such as Sprengel and Sarotti. Imhoff retired from the company in 2002.

In 1993 Imhoff opened the Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum (Imhoff Chocoilate Museum) in Cologne which creates around 650,000 visitors per year. In 2001 the city of Cologne gave Imhoff an honorary citizenship.

Imhoff was married to Clare Gerburg Schmitt, with whom he had four children. He died on 21 December 2007 (aged 85) of an infection caused by lung inflammation.

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Andreas Jacobs

Dr. W. Andreas Jacobs (born December 1963) is a Bremen-born entrepreneur who lives in Germany and is a German national.

Jacobs has been an independent entrepreneur since 1992 with a stake in several European and North American companies. He is currently principal shareholder of Minibar AG and Acentic GmbH, and a minority investor in several other companies. Since 2001, Jacobs has taken over several executive functions of the Jacobs Family business. He serves as Executive Chairman of Jacobs Holding AG, Executive Chairman of Barry Callebaut AG, and as Vice-Chairman of Adecco SA.

Before embarking on his entrepreneurial activities, Jacobs worked as a consultant and project manager at The Boston Consulting Group in Munich from 1991 to 1993.

Jacobs studied law at the University of Freiburg, University of Munich and Montpellier, and subsequently obtained a post-graduate degree in European competition law (Dr. iur.) from the University of Freiburg. He was later awarded a Master of Business Administration degree by INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

Jacobs is married and has four children.

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Leonidas Kestekides

Leonidas Kestekides

Leonidas Kestekides (1876 - 1954) was a Greek chocolate manufacturer, founder of the internationally famous Leonidas company in Belgium. The company's primary focus is pralines (chocolate shells with soft fillings), but they also sell marzipan, solid chocolates, and other confectionery.

Leonidas Kestekides was born to Cappadocian Greek parents in Nigde, Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey) in 1876. Accounts of his early years vary, but it appears that he left Constantinople (now Istanbul), lived in Greece for a while and then went to Italy, where he became a wine merchant. He struggled financially, so he decided to move to New York City, where he lived from 1893-98 and worked as a confectioner. He lived in Paris from 1898-1908.

In 1910, he travelled to Belgium to attend the 1910 World Fair in Brussels, where he was awarded the bronze medal for his chocolate confectionery. He returned to Belgium in 1913, attended the World Fair in Ghent, and moved permanently to Belgium, having met a young woman from Brussels during his visit. He opened tea-rooms in Brussels, Ghent and Blankenberge, and the business expanded from there.

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Fritz Knipschildt

Fritz Knipschildt is a Danish chef and chocolatier.

Born and raised in Odense, Denmark, Knipschildt began at the age of 13, working in a local restaurant as a dishwasher. He quickly advanced and before he had attended culinary school, Knipschildt was put in charge of the bistro kitchen of a new restaurant in the north of Copenhagen. After training at the Hotel and Restaurant School of Denmark, Knipschildt worked in the Mont Blanc area of France twice, and also in southern Spain. A few years later, he was able to move to the United States and worked as a private chef, after which he was sponsored by a French restaurant in New York City.

In 1999, he began making chocolates out of his small one-bedroom apartment, selling them to local retailers. Soon afterward he began supplying his chocolates to larger retailers such as Dean & Deluca and Martha Stewart, forming his company Knipschildt Chocolatier, LLC. In 2005, Knipschildt opened Chocopologie Café, which offers chocolates as part of a menu of classic bistro fare.

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Zeba Kohli

Zeba Kohli (born 19 February 1966) is an Indian chocolatier, accomplished entrepreneur and also a mentor.

Being a third generation chocolatier she has reinvented and revamped her brand Fantasie Fine Chocolate. Her designer chocolates have captured many hearts making it the most loved and famous Indian Designer Chocolate Brand. She has created not only a huge spectrum of flavours but also chocolate body paints to mobile phones, has made a movie on chocolates and Gandhi, chocolate fashion accessories.

She not only is passionate about making world class chocolates but also conducts workshops related to chocolates for adults and kids. Under her brand she also organizes Chocolate Theme Parties and also an amazing yummylicious Chocolate Buffet.

She featured as an Inspirational Woman by Zerbanoo Gifford in her new book ‘Confessions to a Serial Womaniser: Secrets of the World’s Inspirational Women’ in London, U.K., in September 2007. She was also featured by Dominique Hoeltgen, Journalist – Author, Paris – Mumbai in her new book ‘Inde, la revolution par les femmes.

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Emeril Lagasse

Emeril Lagasse

Emeril John Lagasse (/ˈɛmərəl ləˈɡɑːsi/ EM-ər-əl lə-GAH-see; born October 15, 1959) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. He is a regional James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and his self-developed "New New Orleans" style. However, he is perhaps most notable for having appeared on a wide variety of cooking TV shows, including the long-running Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril. On those shows he pioneered several catchphrases he is associated with, including "Kick it up a notch!" and "Bam!" Lagasse's portfolio of media, products, and restaurants generates an estimated US$150 million annually in revenue.

Lagasse was born on October 15, 1959, in Fall River, Massachusetts to a French-Canadian Québécois father, John Lagassé, and Portuguese mother, Hilda. Lagasse worked in a Portuguese bakery as a teenager where he discovered his talent for cooking and subsequently enrolled in a culinary arts program at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. His talents as a percussionist earned him a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music but he chose instead to attend Johnson & Wales University in hopes of becoming a chef. He attended Johnson & Wales in 1978 and the school later awarded him an honorary doctorate.

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Norman Love

Norman Love is an American pastry chef located in Fort Myers, Florida.

Love served as corporate executive pastry chef for Ritz-Carlton from 1988-2001, opening hotel pastry kitchens in such locations as Boston, Dubai and Bali. Love left Ritz-Carlton after 13 years to found Norman Love Confections with his wife, Mary. In February 2002, USA Today named Norman Love Confections one of the top 10 artisan chocolate companies in the country. In February 2005, Norman Love Confections was rated one of the top three chocolate companies in the country by Consumer Reports.

Love was one of only 26 selected to appear on Julia Child's show "Baking with Julia" on PBS, creating Banana Stuffed Cinnamon Sugar Beignets. In addition, Godiva Chocolatier has Love do a limited edition line of chocolates that they label as their exclusive "G" Collection. Flavors include Lemon Drop, Tart Raspberry, Bananas Foster, Apple Pie, Tahitian Vanilla, P.B. & Jam, Salted Caramel, Caramel Macchiato. Furthermore, almost every chocolatier who makes shell-molded chocolates has at least one piece that uses one of the techniques that Love has perfected.
While there are only two storefronts (Naples and Fort Myers, FL), Norman Love Confections can be found in other locations. The Ritz-Carlton Naples carries them in their Gourmet Shop.

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Franklin Clarence Mars

Franklin Clarence Mars

Franklin Clarence Mars (/ˈmɑːrz/; September 24, 1882 – April 8, 1934), sometimes known as Frank C. Mars, was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which makes mostly chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar.

Frank Mars was born in 1882 in London. He learned how to hand-dip chocolate candy as a child from his mother Alva, who entertained him while he had a mild case of polio. He began to sell molasses chips at age 19.

Mars and Ethel G. Kissack (September 29, 1882 – April 11, 1980), a schoolteacher, were married in 1902. Their son, Forrest Mars, Sr., was born in 1904 in Wadena, Minnesota. They divorced.

Mars and Ethel Veronica Healy (1884 – December 25, 1945) were married in 1910. That year he began to sell candy wholesale in Oxford.

In 1920, they moved to Birmingham, where Mars founded Mar-O-Bar Co. and began to manufacture chocolate candy bars. The company later incorporated as Mars, Incorporated. In 1923 he introduced his son Forrest's idea, the Milky Way, which became the best-selling candy bar. Mars moved to Leicester in 1929 and settled in River Forest. He became an honorary captain of the Oak Park, Illinois police department.

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