04The story
From Nancy to the Shambles.
Florian Poirot is a pastry chef from Nancy in north-eastern France. He joined Nancy Culinary School at 14, earned a Master in Pastry and Confectionery, and worked in Paris with Franck Daubos before moving to Yorkshire.
- Nancy Culinary school at 14; Master in Pastry and Confectionery.
- Paris Worked with Franck Daubos, whom he calls his “spiritual father”.
- Lyon Represented the UK at the World Pastry Cup and won the Best Sugar Showpiece prize.
- UK UK Pastry Champion, with a kitchen and shop in Malton and this shop at 19 The Shambles, York.
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