Yann Fougere and David Boetti might have left France years ago, but they brought a sweet piece of it with them: macarons. The business partners opened their first Bon MacaronPatisserie in Victoria in December 2012, then expanded into Vancouver’s West Broadway strip in August 2015. A month later, they opened a third dessert shop on Granville Island.
Yann, originally from Paris, is now based in Victoria. David hails from sunny Cannes, and is now settled in Vancouver. The two met at university in southern France. Yann ventured to Victoria to earn a business degree in 2005 and David relocated to Vancouver one year later to study English.
The entrepreneurs saw Canada’s West Coast as a great place to live, so they considered launching a business venture together. "We wanted to bring a traditional part of our home culture to Canadians," David notes. Yann adds, "macarons were the perfect fit." Voila! Bon Macaron was born.
