Become a member

If you wish to join the association because you share the same values and the same vision of our trade, the terms of your commitment are as follows:

Several criteria to become a member

Being a pastry chef, chocolatier, ice cream maker, confectioner

(with or without catering activities, with or without bakery activity maximum 35%)

Be sponsored by 2 members

They will vouch for your professional and moral qualities:
the Manager of your region and a Relais Desserts member, whatever their region, who recognizes the qualities and skills conveyed by the Association and who vouch for you.

Receive a visit from the Admission Commission

If the application is deemed admissible, it is processed using an objective and impartial procedure of investigation and visit to the candidate’s company.

Several principles define our commitment

They are included in the Relais Desserts charter and are the pillars of the association. They guarantee its durability and its level of excellence.

Our mission

To bring together the international elite of pastry.

Our values

Passion for our trade, the Requirement of quality, the Care for detail, the Search for excellence, the Opening to others, Mutual respect, Genuineness, the Call into question.

Our action

To promote high end and innovative pastry
To foster Haute Patisserie and to highlight the value of the trade
To support innovation by giving impetus to new tendencies

Our commitments

To ensure that the association benefits from its human qualities, its reputation and its professionalism
To actively take part in the logic of exchange and sharing of the association
To become the best spokesperson of the association and to train one’s staff to the values of Relais Desserts

The marks of belonging

Points of sale:

Welcoming, clean and well maintained, worthy of the high end level of expectation of Relais Desserts
Clean façades, creative shop windows, elegant presentation, neat packaging
High end resale products. No small ads, no poster.
Relais Desserts communication tools

The sales team:

High quality of welcome, harmonised uniform, hygiene training
The staff should know the products, mention them in an edifying manner and must be trained to the Relais Desserts values

Laboratories:

Hygiene beyond reproach, regularly kept

Laboratory staff:

Of a good level, trained on hygiene and on safety norms as well as on the values of Relais Desserts