After graduating secondary school with a specialisation in pastry and chocolate at V.T.I. Spijker, Marijn Coertjens worked a few years as pastry chef at Patisserie Manus and Kasteel Withof. In 2006 he earned a spot in the kitchen of Pâtisserie Ducobu and came under the tutelage of the chef he admired so much during his early career. Three years later Coertjens’ relentless hunger for knowledge led him to pursue numerous internships at some of the best pastry shops in Japan, working together with inspiring chefs like Joris Van Hee, Yoshiaki Kaneko, Shigeru Wakabayashi and Susumu Koyama.
In 2011 Marijn moved from Belgium to Hong Kong to start up a chocolate kitchen at the Peninsula Hotel. In the 5 years he was responsible for all thing chocolate true out the hotel.
In 2016 Marijn started his own shop in the beautifull city of Ghent in Belgium: Marijn Coertjens Chocolatier - Patissier , Coertjens’ curriculum vitae is interspersed with awards and acknowledgments. He was winner from Prosper Montagné award for Best Belgian Chocolatier (2008) and winning bronze at the 2011 Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie During the World Chocolate Masters 2015, he won third Place and was awarded two of the individual category – “Press Award” and “Best Artistic Creation.