At the age of 16, Robert Reeb, a native of Metz in
the Lorraine (in the northeast section of France), began his apprenticeship under his father, Frédèric, as a third generation  pâtissier-confiseur-glacier. He worked with his parents in their Pâtisserie-Confiserie-Tea Room until he went to Switzerland to gain further experience in his craft.

          Robert met his wife, Patricia (originally from Mississippi) in 1967 in Montana-Vermala (Valais), Switzerland, where they married several years later. Two children, David and Katia, were born to them while living in Nice, France, and in 1975 they decided to move to the United States.

          In 1977 they opened Maison Robert in Atlanta, Georgia, as a pastry and confection shop with a small tea room. They enjoyed a successful business for more than 17 years where a fantastic and loyal customer base constantly grew - customers who appreciated quality food and service as well as a family-owned business.

          In 1995 they decided to trim the business down and concentrate primarily on making chocolates - that aspect of his profession which Robert has always preferred.

          Now Robert and Patricia work together in a small house in North Atlanta where their customers have searched them out and where they can watch these confiseries being crafted and boxed for them by hand.

In the fall of 2008 Katia will be joining the business, becoming the fourth generation in the family of pâtissiers-confiseurs. The business will move the following spring to a beautiful setting in The Atrium at Heritage Lofts of Chamblee on the corner of Peachtree Road and American Industrial, not even a half-mile from the present location. Eventually she will take over the business and add more to the present line of chocolates with some baking as well. She and Robert also plan to give classes to both young and old.

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