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    Pastry chef

    Domingo Ghirardelli

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    Pastry chef
    Portrait of Domingo Ghirardelli

    i. Biography

    Career Domingo Ghirardelli was born in Rapallo, Italy, and later worked in San Francisco, California as a general store proprietor before founding Ghirardelli Chocolate there. The trade line runs through Genoa first: training there, then a start as a confectioner apprentice in the confectionery trade in Genoa, Italy, followed by work as a coffee and chocolate merchant in Peru. From that path, Ghirardelli moved into retail in San Francisco and then into founding a chocolate company that still carries his name. - confectioner apprentice — Confectionery trade, Genoa, Italy - coffee and chocolate merchant — Coffee and chocolate trade, Peru - general store proprietor — general store, San Francisco, California - founder — Ghirardelli Chocolate, San Francisco, California Education: Genoa

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    He founded Ghirardelli Chocolate in San Francisco, the company that defines his name.

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