Originally from Paimpol, Sophie arrived in New York in 1994. Retail director at the Bernardaud boutique in the Upper East Side, she educates her clients to the savoir-faire of French porcelain.
Kat is an American who fell in love with Brittany during a summer road trip in 2010. Upon entering a pub in Dinan , Kat felt like she was visiting a pub near her family home in the west of Ireland. When she returned from the vacation Kat found BZH New York online and started attending events.
Laurent grew up in Arradon, in the beautiful Golfe du Morbihan and in 2004, he settled in the Big Apple to open the NY office of FircoSoft, a French software editor. In 2006, he joined a handful of friends to create BZH New York.
Aurelie is from Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) area. After college, Aurelie moved to the US in 2003 working in textile industry. She was a very active member since a long time before taking the position of treasurer in 2017.
In true Breton's tradition, Armelle has been exploring the World, living and working in 4 different countries before settling in the USA in 2016 for work. Meeting BZH New York in 2017, she volunteered in the preparation of the many events BZH NY organizes through the year. A wonderful way to stay connected to Brittany, and close to her roots on the Côte des Légendes in Finistère.
Born in Quimper, raised in Landivisiau, Elias came for the first time to New York in 2019. Covid hit shortly after. Unable to travel back home, Elias was missing Brittany and decided to join a BZH New York event out of curiosity and been a member ever since! He’s now settled in San Francisco where he works as a software engineer, but still comes by to the City to give a hand whenever he’s got a chance.
Originally from Vannes, Aodrenn arrived in New York in 2009, where she works as a speech therapist. She is also our voice and ears on social media at BZH New York.
Stéphane landed from Nantes in 2004, and settled in Pennsylvania. This Bourguignon, amateur of great food and wines, has been a key member of the BZH New York family since the Vieilles Charrues in Central Park. A classically trained singer, he regularly performs in Carnegie Hall and other famous venues with his choir. During the day, he is a commercial real estate agent.
Concarneau's loss was New York's gain when Bernard arrived as a young chef in 1976. A successful restaurateur, Bernard remained in touch with friends from Brittany and joined BZH New York in its early days.
Originally from Fontainebleau, Yann spent most of his summers at his parents house in Prefailles, Loire Atlantique. He landed in 2011 in Miami, before Moving to New York in 2019. His passion and his background in Food industries led him to become the head of purchasing for French Feast, a company that imports specialty food from Brittany and the rest of France.
Our association is managed by a comity of volunteers and is always looking for new people to join the team and help us grow BZH New York!
Everyone bring is own knowledge to the group and is part of all of our activities.
If you wish to join the team, contact us at info@bzh-ny.org
