Louis Charles

This is Louis Charles from Dijon, France, he comes from a long line of Moutardier, with his lineage made noble when a Hungarian count, Zsigmond Nagy von Zichy arrived in the city and charmed Marie Louise, only daughter of the prosperous Charles family, with his fine figure and elegant, Viennese manners. Little did she and les Charles know, that Zsigmond fled his creditors who held papers on an enormous gambling debt. The wedding was a most splendid affair and the couple settled down in the manor house on the estate that grew the mustard that grew the Charles wealth. A boy, named Joel Kálmán, was the fruit of their love, alas born after the Count's disappearance (one evening he went for cigarettes and was never seen or heard off again). There was a huge break in Marie Louise's heart 💔and a majestic hole in their bank account. Joel Kálmán is the grandfather of Louis and it was in his time that the lands had to be sold. The family held great know-how on the mustard industry and prospered again by becoming main agents in selling and buying it. Louis is famous for winning the prestigious "Grand Prix de Meilleure Dijon" nine times running: he makes really good mustard (his secret ingredient is nutmeg), but the first year he bribed the judges with thousand Euro each, subsequent years, he just played them the recording of that transaction on his phone. So the spirit of Count Zsigmond is still alive and well in Dijon, capital of Burgundy, France, where le Dijon (AOC) is now made with 80% mustard seed from Ontario in Canada.