CAPTAIN, DO YOU HAVE A JOB FOR ME?
Our story began on a sailing boat in Brittany, France. At the steering wheel is Captain Yann Bucaille-Lanzerac, a successful French entrepreneur, sharing his energy and his passion for sailing with others on his catamaran.
On this boat, no accommodations were spared or details overlooked; it is equipped to welcome passengers of all levels of needs and abilities.
One passenger, a young man with Down Syndrome named Theo, asks the Captain “Do you have a job for me?”. The boisterous atmosphere suddenly changed as Yann replied that he did not, “It’s complicated you know...”. Theo was silent.
From this encounter, the vision of CAFÉ JOYEUX was born.
MILESTONES
2017
The first JOYEUX coffee-shop opens in Rennes, France
2020
Flagship café-restaurant inaugurated by french President E. Macron, on the Champs-Élysées in Paris
2023
19 Café Joyeux operating in Europe
2024
8 new Café Joyeux will open, including 1 in New-York
OUR MISSION
In the US, Café Joyeux is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities, starting with our own employees in our café-restaurants.
100 OF OUR PROFITS ARE DIRECTLY REINVESTED in supporting our mission, in our own cafés but also beyond the walls of our own company.
