Pastry chef

Charles-Amédée Kohler

Discipline: Pastry chef

Portrait of Charles-Amédée Kohler

i. Biography

In 1830, the chocolate work of Charles-Amédée Kohler took a fixed commercial form in Lausanne, where Chocolat Kohler was founded and the surname became the name on the door. Born on 15 June 1790 in Lausanne, Switzerland, he is tied to a specific city and a specific line of production, with hazelnut chocolate marking the specialty most clearly associated with his work.

Beginnings

The starting data are precise: 15 June 1790, Lausanne, Switzerland. Those details place Charles-Amédée Kohler in the same city that would later anchor his business, giving the biography a tight geographic frame before the company appears in 1830. Swiss by nationality, he begins within the same local context that later carries his name.

The Rise

The defining move comes in 1830, when Charles-Amédée Kohler founded Chocolat Kohler in Lausanne. That act ties a personal name to a chocolate company and makes the firm the clearest marker of the career. Hazelnut chocolate remains the craft reference point, keeping the emphasis on a specific chocolate specialty rather than on founding alone.