Paul A Young

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Paul A Young

Born	July 28, 1973 (1973-07-28) (age 34) Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Nationality	British
Occupation	Chocolatier
Employers	Paul A Young Fine Chocolates
Website http://www.paulayoung.co.uk/

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Paul A Young (born July 28, 1973) is an English chocolatier and pattissier.

[edit] Early life and education

Paul was born in Yorkshire and raised in the small mining town of Trimdon Station, Co. Durham. He studied hotel catering and management at New College, Durham and Leeds Metropolitan University.

[edit] Work

Paul worked through the ranks in some of Yorkshire's finest restaurants before being poached by Marco Pierre White, which took Paul to The Criterion Brasserie, London where he worked as Pastry chef in this most demanding of roles. After working through the ranks and establishments of Marco Pierre White, Paul gained the high profile role of Head Pastry chef at Quo Vadis, Soho.

With a change in direction Paul then worked with Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's to develop some of today's best selling products, and received two nominations for The Award of Excellence for his development work.

Paul's TV career has been marked by appearances on BBC2's Food and Drink, ITV's This Morning, Sky One's Taste and the Carlton Food Network. He is a regular guest chef on UK-TV Food's Great Food Live, and gives live demonstrations at various events, including Henrietta Green's food lovers fairs, Covent Garden.

In 2006 Paul A Young and his business partner, James Cronin, opened their first chocolaterie in Islington, London. Trading as Paul A Young Fine Chocolates Ltd they were quickly acknowledged by the public and press as a leader in the UK fine chocolate scene and were recognized as being the Best New Chocolate Shop in the Academy of Chocolate's 2007 World Chocolate Awards.

In 2007 Paul became the first UK Chocolatier to open their second real chocolaterie when he launched their boutique chocolate shop in The Royal Exchange on Threadneedle Street in the heart of the old City of London at Bank.