At only 21 years old, Clément Jourdain is a young Breton talent. A companion of duty, he quickly became passionate about baking. He even won the best Kouign Amann prize in New York in October 2023.
In his car, Clément Jourdain is a man in a hurry. This young Breton pastry chef has already lived in different cities: in Nantes, in Nîmes… He is currently in Nancy where he became pastry chef at the restaurant of the “Parcerelle“. “I love discovering new cities with different experiences… It’s a chance to leave, to see something else“, explains this Breton.
He heads for his native lands, in the Rennes area, for a gourmet stopover becausehe young twenty-something never forgets to make a detour where he started.
It was with Ludovic Jouffe, the pastry chef in a bakery in Rennes, that Clément learned the trade. He was only 15 years old at the time, but already had an appetite for baking.
“He was extremely workaholic! I asked him to create recipes. I sometimes had to chase him out of the lab… He didn’t want to pick up“, remembers his former apprentice master.
A passion that took him to the United States. In addition to working at “Daniel“, a New York gourmet restaurant, Le Breton won the “audience award” during the competition for the best kouign amann in the city.
In the meantime, Clément sees his family very little. So when the eldest is passing through Brittany, it’s an event. “We are very happy. It’s a source of pride, we seize the opportunity to see him for a few hours and here we go again“, explains his mother.
How far will young Clément go? Will he one day be Meilleur Ouvrier de France? One thing is certain, it is that this hard worker is far from satisfied.
2023-12-12 05:00:02
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