Paul A. Young

Paul Andrew Young (born 28 July 1973) is an English chocolatier and pâtissier.

Young was born in Yorkshire and raised in Trimdon Station, County Durham. He studied hotel catering and management at New College Durham and Leeds Metropolitan University.

In 2006, Young and his business partner, James Cronin, opened their first chocolaterie in Islington, London. Trading as Paul A Young Fine Chocolates Ltd. The Store was named as the "Best New Chocolate Shop" by the Academy of Chocolate in 2006.

Both Young and Cronin are members of The Academy Of Chocolate. Membership of which is no longer open. Young is also a judge in the Grand Jury of the Academy of Chocolate Awards.

In 2007, Young launched a store in The Royal Exchange on Threadneedle Street at Bank.

In June 2011, Young opened a chocolaterie on Wardour Street in London's Soho district.

Young is an Ambassador for The Children's Air Ambulance charity which serves as a flying intensive care unit for children across the UK.

In February 2019, in a campaign raising awareness regarding domestic abuse, Young faced backlash for associating the durian, a popular fruit in Southeast Asia, with domestic abuse. He described the taste as giving "people a taste of the heart-breaking emotional and psychological trauma experienced by survivors of domestic abuse". He apologized later for being culturally insensitive toward the Southeast Asian community .

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