It’s not easy following in the footsteps of a big name in the chocolate factory. And even less so to free himself from the title of his father’s boy. It stuck with me for a long time. This causes you to use a lot of energy
“, says Vianney Bellanger, who today is considered the chocolatier of Le Mans. From Sarthe itself onwards; Maison Bellanger has two shops outside the department. On the tours since 2014, and in Laval since this year.
Two foundations and an extension of activity are attributed solely to Jr. Belanger. It is he who claims that he has always attached great importance to his independence.
“I never wanted to be an heir”
“I never wanted to be an heir, at least financially. It was also a matter of ego and legitimacy. I had to prove to my family and to myself that I was capable of carrying this legacy.”He swears. The legacy precedes his father, Jacques Belanger, who successfully took over the management of the Beline chocolate factory in 1998, which was located on rue de la Paille in Le Mans.
Beline was already a chocolatier in Le Mans at that time. It was one of the first French artisan chocolate factories in the 1970s
“, notes Vianney Belanger, who turns 43 today. But my father arrived with Jamila…
