Emil Gerbeaud
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| Native name | Émile Gerbeaud |
| Born |
Émile Gerbeaud 22 February 1854 Carouge, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland |
| Died | 8 November 1919 (aged 65) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality |
Swiss Hungarian |
| Occupation | confectioner |
| Board member of | CEO Café Gerbeaud |
| Spouse(s) | Esther Ramseyer |
| Children | Gabrielle Marcelle Erzsébet Kamilla Ilona Janka Margit Magdolna |
Emil Gerbeaud (French: Émile Gerbeaud, Carouge, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, 22 February 1854 – Budapest, Hungary, 8 November 1919) was a Swiss-born Hungarian confectioner, chocolate producer, industrialist and entrepreneur. Several famous traditional Hungarian cakes were first introduced by him like the macskanyelv (English: cat tongue), the konyakos meggy (English: cognac sour cherry), the csokoládé drazsé (English: chocolate dragees) and he was the first in Hungary who sold French cakes filled with custard. The zserbó cake, a well-known product of the Café Gerbeaud is named after him.
Émile Gerbeaud was born in Carouge, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland on 22 February 1854 into a Roman Catholic merchant, confectioner family. His father, Simon-Jean-François Gerbeaud was a French confectioner and trader. His mother was Jeanne-Marie Gros.
During his younger years he was trained in the family business and later worked in several confectioneries in Germany, England and France.
In 1879 Gerbeaud opened his own confectionery in Saint-Étienne, Loire Department, France.
In 1884 he came to Budapest, Hungary at the request of the famous Hungarian confectioner Henrik Kugler and became shareholder and CEO of the Henrik Kugler's Confectionery (Kugler Henrik Cukrászdája) (which later became his own company under the name Café Gerbeaud).
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