Jacques Torres is a renowned pastry chef and chocolatier who was born on June 14, 1959 in Algiers, Algeria. He is the founder of the Jacques Torres Chocolate shop and is well-known to Food Network viewers as the host of Chocolate with Jacques Torres. He has been honored with the James Beard Foundation Award for Pastry Chef of the Year, among other industry awards.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

💰 Net worth: $85 Million

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About

Pastry chef and chocolatier who founded the Jacques Torres Chocolate shop and became known to Food Network viewers as the host of Chocolate with Jacques Torres. He has received numerous industry honors, including the James Beard Foundation Award for Pastry Chef of the Year.

Before Fame

He was raised in the fishing village of Bandol in Southern France. He began apprenticing at a local pastry shop at age 15.

Trivia

He became the youngest person to ever win the Meilleur Ouvrier Patissier de France competition.

Family Life

He married chocolatier Hasty Khoei in 2007. His son Pierre was born in August 2016.

Associated With

In 2010, he prepared a $30,000-per-couple dinner for a fundraiser put on by President Barack Obama.

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