“Patrick Mertens and Inge Lijnen are the driving forces behind BOON Chocolate House in Hasselt.”
Patrick was a technical advisor/demonstrator at Barry Callebaut in Wieze for 15 years.
Inge worked in the advertising world and was a copywriter for a number of advertising agencies.
Together they founded BOON in 2005 in a stately wonderful mansion in the center of Hasselt. Chocolate house BOON is a unique combination of an open craft studio with a chocolate shop. Because Patrick learned how to make molds in Canada, they regularly come up with new creations and designs at BOON.
Patrick, Inge and their team have already worked with many well-known names from the fashion, art and culinary world, including Paul Smith, Hannelore Knuts, Harrods, Nike and Essentiel.
