Pierre Marcolini

As of July 2013, he is a member of the jury of culinary reality TV show Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier ? ("Who will be the next great pastrymaker?"), broadcast by France 2.

As of 2012, the corporation employs 350 and as of 2015 holds 30 shops, most notably in London, Tokyo, Paris and Brussels. In 2012, it generates 32 million Euros in revenue.

The corporation has a manufacturing facility in Sablon, one of the most upmarket parts of Brussels. Marcolini contrôle sa production « de la fève à la tablette ». He artesanally produces his own couverture chocolate, and selects his suppliers from among plantations in Brazil, Equatorial Guinea and Mexico. In 2012, the company produced 150 tons of chocolate.

In 2007, Nestlé acquired a 6% stake in the business. Marcolini then creates a chocolate flavour for Nestle subsidiary Nespresso, whereupon Nestle increased its share to 29%. The partnership ended in December 2011 as Marcolini and other shareholders bought out Nestlé's share. The following year, Marcolini raised additional capital from investment group NEO Capital.

In 1995, he won the "World Champion Pastry Chef in Lyon and opened his first shop.

Marcolini received the first national prize of artistic merit in 1988. In 1991, he was named "premier pâtissier glacier de Belgique" (best Belgian cake-and-icecream maker). In addition to the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in 1995, Marcolini won the coupe européenne de pâtisserie in 2000. The tourist office of Brussels has named him "Ambassadeur du Tourisme" (tourism ambassador). In January 2015, Marcolini received the honorary title of "Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole" (officer of the order of agricultural merit).

Pierre Marcolini (born 12 July 1964) is a Belgian chocolatier born in Charleroi in 1964.

Pierre Marcolini was born in Charleroi on 12 July 1964. His maternal grandparents hail from Verona, Italy.