Raymond Berthillon

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The Berthillon ice cream restaurant in Paris

Raymond Berthillon (born December 9, 1923 in Fleury-la-Vallée , Yonne department , † August 9, 2014 in Paris ) was a French ice cream maker .

The son of a pastry chef learned his trade from 1940 to 1946 in Nitry and then until 1949 in Courbevoie . In 1954 he opened an ice cream restaurant in Paris's 14th arrondissement , which was mentioned in 1961 in the Gault-Millau and has since been an integral part of Paris travel guides.

Berthillon was considered one of the best ice cream makers in the world. In 2013 his shop, which is traditionally closed in August, generated a profit of 591,000 euros on a turnover of 4 million euros.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Quentin Périnel: Raymond Berthillon, le célèbre glacier qui a su transmettre sa passion à sa famille. Obituary in Le Figaro on August 11, 2014 (French, accessed August 26, 2014).
  2. ↑ Associated Press : Raymond Berthillon: founder of Paris ice-cream parlor dies. Obituary in The Guardian, August 11, 2014 (accessed August 26, 2014).
  3. ↑ Obituary. In: Der Spiegel 34/2014 (accessed on August 25, 2014).
  4. ↑ Inti Landuro: Founder of French Ice-Cream Parlor Raymond Berthillon This. Obituary in The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2014 (accessed August 26, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Berthillon, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ice cream maker
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Fleury-la-Vallée
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2014
Place of death Paris