Paul Young is a Chocolatier/Patissiere born in Yorkshire and raised in the small mining town of Trimdon Station, Co. Durham.

After studying hotel catering and management at New College, Durham and Leeds Metropolitan University, Paul worked through the ranks in some of Yorkshire's finest restaurants. Next came an offer from Marco Pierre White, which took Paul to The Criterion Brasserie, London where he worked as Pastry chef in this most demanding of roles. After working through the ranks and establishments of Marco Pierre White, Paul gained the high profile role of Head Pastry chef at Quo Vadis, Soho.

With a change in direction Paul then worked with Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's to develop some of today's best selling products, with two nominations for The Award of Excellence for his development work.

Paul has appeared on BBC2's Food and Drink, ITV's This Morning, Sky One's Taste and Carlton Food Network. He is a regular guest chef on UK-TV Food's Great Food Live, and gives live demonstrations at various events, including Henrietta Green's food lovers fairs, Covent Garden.

In 2006 Paul was invited to be an honorary member of the Academy of Chocolate.