Pastry chef Cébric Grolet will set up his workshop-factory in Haute-Loire

After opening boutiques in Paris, London and Singapore, Cédric Grolet returns to Haute-Loire © pmonetta

As with his pastries, the project of Cédric Grolet is enough to make you salivate. At least the inhabitants of Haute-Loire who will see the famous pastry chef settle in in a few years. In fact, he plans to build a production workshop-factory in Yssingeaux. And Cédric Grolet knows the sector well, having been born in Firminy (Loire) and raised in Monistrol-sur-Loire (Haute-Loire).

A return to basics in a way, construction of which could begin next year.

The creation of 40 jobs

After Paris, London and Singapore, the pastry chef with more than 20 million subscribers on social networks will return to his native lands, in Auvergne. His project: a factory that could manufacture and ship his designs around the world. From the city of five roosters, a manufacturing workshop will produce frozen pastries to deliver to points of sale located in train stations and airports.

According to the newspaper The Mountaina building permit sign was placed on land near the Gamm Vert store in Yssingeaux. The opening is expected for 2026. And until then, our eyes can feast on his creations.