History Francis Miot

The Hotel Bristol Pau takes you to discover Francis Miot, a French jam maker born in 1948 in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Born into a family of passionate cooks, he is a self-taught jam-maker. For his studies, he joined the Lenôtre professional school. By the age of 20, he was working with top chefs in the South-West of France. A few years later, he founded "La Galette aux Myrtilles" and launched his first artisanal jams in 1985.

He creates a range of jams and, in 1987, obtains a first national recognition by being crowned Best Jam Maker of France, then international with three titles of World Champion of Jam, classified out of competition, in 1988, 1990 and 1991.

He is the first to work on his fructose-based products without added sucrose.

Francis Miot, who passed away in 2015, pays tribute to Béarn with confections referring to the history of Henri IV such as the "Coucougnettes du Vert Galant".

Best Confiturier de France and Triple World Champion, Maison Francis Miot is honored to invite you to discover its handcrafted jams, award-winning confections and exceptional chocolate.‍

Maison Francis Miot, an international reputation

Located in downtown Pau near the castle district and about ten minutes walk from the Hotel Bristol Pau, come and discover the different products offered by Maison Francis Miot.

This company has four stores all located in the South West of France.

From pot to pot, the small company grew until it took on a national dimension with the prize for Best Confit Maker in France obtained at the International Festival of Gesvres in 1987.

Francis Miot has developed a highly specialized talent and know-how in the preparation of jams.
He excels in the art of choosing good, tasty, fragrant fruit, while guaranteeing a very short cooking time to preserve all its flavors.

Rewarded many times for his art, the title of Triple World Champion registers Francis as an unrivalled confectioner.

A confectioner by trade with a passion for the "A's", he diversified his production and surrounded himself with a team of chocolatiers, thus creating the artisanal confectionery known as "Féerie Gourmande".
Trained in the purest French tradition, at the Lenôtre school, Francis is keen to pass on to his teams the respect for French know-how and the quest for excellence and taste that he was taught beforehand.

In 1998, he and SG Sender (Gaston Lenôtre's "Monsieur Pâtissier") launched the famous Coucougnettes du Vert Galant.
Such was their success that a range of confectionery and chocolates followed, seasoned with a mischievous sense of humor that made Francis Miot "the polisson of gourmandise"!

An insatiable creator, Francis has also passed on this desire to innovate in his recipes to both the Confiturerie and Confiserie teams.