Jacques Torres doesn't fit the stereotypical snapshot of some-one who's in construction, par-ticularly when he puts on his culinary smock. The former celebrity pastry chef from New York City's famed Le Cirque restaurant - he was the youngest chef to win France's prestigious Meilleur Ouvrier award — looks more comfortable in whites than overalls. But don't let that quick smile, the handsome boyish looks and twinkling blue eyes fool you; he's adamant about building a business based on his passion for chocolate, even if it means doing it brick by brick. As Torres will tell you, his 7,500-sq.-ft. retail store and chocolate production facility dubbed Jacques Torres Chocolate and located in Brooklyn's DUMBO (District Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) area was virtually built from scratch with his and two friends' hands.
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