After the giants of the butcher, bakery and hairdressing, a “small” corporation reaches the highest step of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of Moselle. That of pastry chefs: 54 members in Moselle. It is the pride of Philippe Fischer, 14 e president of the institution. Only candidate on the list Artisans 57 who won the elections in October, he was elected on Monday, November 8, with 24 votes for a single blank vote. Master artisan pastry chef, chocolate maker and ice cream maker for nearly 44 years, he moved to Uckange 39 years ago before opening two other businesses in Thionville and Hagondange. Aged 61, he could assert his pension rights. “But I don’t know how to do anything else,” smiles the elected official who works with his two sons, 40 and 33 years old. He has chaired the corporation of artisan pastry chefs, confectioners, chocolate makers and ice cream makers in Moselle for 25 years.
The steering committee is made up of eleven other members: Guy-Philippe Beyel, Véronique Gaudron, Vincent Nagelschmit, Bruno Charpentier, Antoine Baldino, Audrey Erbrech, Calogero Paci, Jeannot Gabriel, Benoit Lambert, Angelica Romero-Mazzetti, Erika Stahmer. Philippe Fischer will not run for president of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of the Grand Est, which will take place on November 18. But he would like to be its treasurer.
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21 years of CMA
The pastry chef knows the consular room perfectly. He has been there for 21 years, starting his 5e mandate and was already vice-president. “She doesn’t need to be awake, she has never been asleep. During the Covid, she was in contact with 16,000 of the 22,500 artisans in the department, ”he said after his election. A reference to an opposing list carried by the professional union U2P, the Union of local businesses. She wanted to block outgoing but saw her application invalidated by the prefecture due to an administrative failure.
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