The best pastry shops France

Here's a family-run business well known to all Palais gourmets! For over 100 years, they've been making a specialty made famous by Artigarrède: le Russe. Imitated, never equalled! The recipe for this cake dates back to the ^19th century, and its name comes from its Crimean almonds and immaculate whiteness, reminiscent of snowy plains. Add praline cream, hazelnuts and a secret ingredient! The boutique, also all in white, has a resolutely refined style, with creations by Basque ceramist Goicoechea. Other delicacies await you: the Rosquille, the Basque cake and a range of chocolates including the Muscadine truffle with Cointreau...

To walk through the Engelmann house without stopping at Dany Husser's is a feat for gourmets. A shop window like a painting, with its refined, colorful pastries. One step into the store and the trap closes. Chocolates, viennoiseries, confectionery, petits fours, jams, ice creams... A family affair with mother and daughter in sales and father and son in the lab. Special mention for the divine sweet and savoury macaroons (foie gras, mojito), which have nothing to envy the greatest houses.

Pasquier & Co, welcome to Anaïs and Fabian! Breads, viennoiseries, but also modern, homemade cakes and creative proposals. You'll find panettone, éclair au chocolat, poire Tatin, tarti'Brest and Pomme Surprise. This shortbread tart, filled with a brunoise of fruit paste and hazelnut cream, is topped with white chocolate ganache and applesauce. The whole is decorated with vanilla chantilly and a little gold leaf on top. This cake, created for their appearance on M6, is a real treat!

More than 25 years of passion for pastry-making and not a single wrinkle for this craftsman, cited by the greatest culinary guides and renowned for his chocolates made with subtle combinations of ganache, praline, caramel or marzipan, which he models himself. It has to be said that he was trained by the great Andréas Sindern... Do you know the famous Lübeck marzipan? Don't miss the chocolate beer or another house specialty: Italian panettone. You can also sample the products in the store's tearoom.

Talented and creative, gifted pastry chef Florian Grad, originally from Alsace, apprenticed with Emile Jung, the starred chef of the Crocodile in Strasbourg. Then it was in the south, notably at the Villa Madie in Cassis, that Florian perfected his technique. Victoire marks a new beginning in 2021, a four-handed work with Inès, his pastry companion who brings her feminine touch to the creations, with the common requirement of the quality of the ingredients and the reasoned quantity of fats and sweets. Signature and ephemeral cakes, great classics revisited, seasonal entremets and pastries are unanimously acclaimed beyond the village of Puyricard. Victoire lives up to its name.

Of course, the Artigarrède house is an exceptional pastry that puts on a handmade craft and treats the greedy. But we are not going to lie here, what we love, that we love, that we know, is the famous Russian! Almond biscuit biscuit, topped with a praline cream and a little more that passes from generation to generation, this jewel of gastronomy is here at home. A family case if it is, the cake follows a recipe dating from the th century and holds its name of the ingredients at the time imported from Crimea. In 1925, Adrien Artigarrède added her personal touch and opened his first boutique in Oloron-Sainte-Marie: success is at the meeting. Today, it is his grandson Jean-Paul Bassignana and his great grandson that perpetuate this béarnais, white symbol, such as snow-capped summits, which even has chocolate and coffee flavours. The Rosquille, another emblematic speciality, uses the Pyrenean tradition, this dry cake associated with the white wine of Jurancon was once the festive dessert of the Mountaineers to discover with another flagship signed Artigarrède, the Muscadine, truffle to praline!

Meilleur Ouvrier de France, world pastry champion, Bruno Montcoudiol makes us melt with pleasure in his pretty pastry shop-chocolate factory of the "Martyrs". Numerous gourmet recipes are waiting for you: cakes, macaroons, croquembouches, ice creams... Sold individually or as a dessert, these desserts have enchanting names synonymous with delights: Fleur Australe, Pur Velay, Violina or Succès Fou... The chef also gives pastry lessons to everyone in his Monistrol workshop because, as he reminds us, gourmandise is universal!

On the Ile de Nantes, a stone's throw from L'Éléphant, Sabrina, a naturopath by training, and her husband Grégory Lejeune, a pastry chef, have opened an exceptional patisserie. The two decided to combine their respective passions in this bold and highly successful project. The new establishment focuses on creative, healthy and natural pastries. This alternative patisserie focuses on the senses: sight, because "you eat first with your eyes", as Sabrina puts it, and taste, with gustatory flavors such as poached pears with hibiscus juice in Déli'biscus (sweet pastry, organic vanilla diplomate), the spirulina circle on organic vanilla and white chocolate chou. The creations, which are as pretty as they are tasty, are also less sweet, using only natural sugars (e.g. coconut blossom sugar) with a low glycemic index (ideal for diabetics and gourmands who need to be careful), such as the matcha green tea macaroons, with no additives or artificial coloring, using certified organic French flours, as well as non-hybridized and gluten-free flours. Délicatessaine's approach is delicate and healthy, ethical and responsible, as it favors local and seasonal products. Délicatessaine is also a tea room where you can sit down for a cup of tea or coffee. You can also enjoy home-made chocolate bars. Educational workshops to learn how to bake lighter. You can make healthy, tasty snacks for children, or prepare pastries for allergy sufferers. In fine weather, enjoy the terrace while sampling the Déli'fragola: a gluten-free pastry (shortcrust pastry, strawberry confit, peas, yoghurt mousse, burrata heart, fresh organic and local strawberries) and a great new addition in 2022, the Déli'grey: a low GI pastry (hazelnut and citrus shortbread, light Earl Grey tea mousse, soft hazelnut and citrus zest cookie, bergamot confit), a real treat!

We love to spend a moment in this artisanal bakery where we offer ourselves a breakfast with pure butter buns. As a snack, we succumb to the charm of the vanilla mille-feuille! But above all, there are these incredible breads made with natural leaven and organic flour: with cereals, pumpkin seeds, small spelt, olives or even cocoa! They come out of the oven hot all day long. A pure delight! And for small and large events, the catering service is a hit.

It's the whooping cough of the moment. Mazzoni is a know-how mastered by two young people who have just settled in and are hitting the ground running. Their creation, Le Pebble, is all the rage: grey like those on the beach just a stone's throw away, but so tasty. May he who has never committed the sin of greediness throw away the first pebble! You can enjoy it on the spot, in a deliciously old-fashioned and white setting, where you can take everything with you...

Just a few steps from the Place Royale and its fountain, Maison Grimaud proudly displays its know-how: "the art of choux pastry". The idea may seem surprising, but once you've tried it, you'll find it most appealing. The charm is quickly felt in this contemporary space where light and space have been privileged. Sofas, benches and small armchairs await you. Maison Grimaud is two rooms located on either side of an entrance in which you will discover the many cabbages to taste. Here, we come to enjoy the creations of Sébastien Grimaud, young and talented pastry chef, and his team. At lunchtime, Maison Grimaud offers sweet and savory dishes. At lunchtime, there is a nice choice of revisited gougères, accompanied by raw vegetables or soup. Generous bowls are also to be discovered, in vegetarian version, with trout or Serrano ham. For sweet tooths, choux filled with creams (Tahitian vanilla, salted butter caramel, milk chocolate, lemon meringue, tangerine, pear, coconut speculos, pistachio...) but also chouquettes, pastries such as paris-brest, saint-honoré or Fleur de sel. Maison Grimaud is also a tea room where you can have a coffee, a tea or a hot chocolate all day long. In addition to the quiet terrace, Maison Grimaud organizes brunches on Sundays with three new formulas (sweet, savory or both!) including the famous briochou: a good opportunity to come and enjoy the sweet and savory treats prepared by Sébastien. An address not to be missed.

Known for the quality of its pralines, almonds and hazelnuts finely roasted and coated with sugar in slabs that are broken by hand, the house has its loyal followers. You'll find a range of 18 pure-origin bars, with subtle aromas, from the world's finest cocoas. A journey with ports of call: Madagascar, Indonesia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Vanuatu, Ghana, Jamaica, São Tomé. As for pastries, their names are baba, Paris-Dakar, religieuse, Murmure, Brasilia, Hawaï, mille-feuille, nid d'abeilles, Guillaume Tell, not forgetting tarte aux pralines and brioche aux pralines... Simply irresistible!

Recouvreur has everything to make you fall in love! It has to be said that Recouvreur is a Nancy institution. Frédérique and Christian Bédard delight our taste buds with a revisited baba au rhum, as well as delicious pastries and macaroons that are sure to please. And what about the famous pâté lorrain, whose recipe has been handed down from generation to generation. Nevertheless, the company is keeping up with the times, as evidenced by the online boutique with home delivery service on request. It's all good!

A neighborhood bakery where everything is homemade and prepared on site. Traditional bakery, but above all original specialties, and that's what we like. As well as the chocolate banana ficelle, you'll love the pumpkin-kiri ficelle, unless you prefer the candied fruit panettone or the 12 different flavored éclairs. There's something for every taste, with limited editions to suit every taste and calendar! Enough to delight gourmets and add an original touch to your meals all year round.

The door opens on a delicate scent of orange blossom. Famous in Toulouse for its galettes des rois, or rather for its brioches des rois, this address is also highly recommended for tasting one of the tasty Pomponettes: light and delicate, made with brioche dough, this is the house speciality. Other gourmets will love strawberries, macaroons, rum babas, and, on the confectionery side, chocolates, orangettes, marrons glacés or fruit pastes. Happy tasting, Les Futés!

This local speciality can be found at a... delicatessen! The talented Bonnefous family, Jacques, Marie-Josée and their daughter Françoise, are passionate about quality and respect for the best products. They are the only ones to perpetuate this ancient recipe of the legendary Lauzerte macaroon known since the 11th century. This macaroon does not resemble in any way these small fours stilted in their shell of ice. With their ripe wheat colour, they are cracked on the outside, soft and full of sweetness on the inside. The almond flavours take our soul back to childhood.

Since its opening in June 2019, the craze for this fine patisserie has continued to spread... The clientele that throngs behind its tempting window display has made it a sure bet. Julien Merceron, the pastry chef from the Ritz, and Gérard Porte, the artisan florist, cultivate art and beauty. Here, everything awakens the senses: pretty cakes titillate the eyes, tickle the nostrils and delight the taste buds. We're eager to discover the new 2023 cakes, such as Mathilda's apricot and almond cake, or the strawberry-basil tart. You'll love the melt-in-your-mouth flavors of Pain d'épices au miel et chocolat, and the seasonal freshness of Tarte aux agrumes et kasha. What a pleasure it is to watch these marvels being made live through the laboratory windows, from which delicious caramelized aromas emanate! We salute the eco-responsible approach of working with rigorously selected seasonal products, most of them local. In addition to the divine pastries, you'll be tempted by other delicacies like the appetizing chocolate bars, such as the crunchy one topped with caramelized pistachios or the exquisite one with candied oranges. And let's not forget a few delicatessen products: jams, ciders, wines, teas and coffees... Let yourself be carried away by the aestheticism of these artists... as if on a swing..

An address recognized by all chocolate lovers. With five bars to his credit, Jean-Émile Schmitt has been one of the twelve best chocolate makers in France since 2010. His specialties are diverse. The pastries are also delicious and you can even buy or have made stylish chocolate pieces that will delight the eyes as well as the taste buds. You will also find a whole range of teas to enjoy on cold winter days.

For several years now, Benjamin Chassaing has taken over from Sébastien François to continue his gourmet creations and the history of this patisserie, which was born 100 years ago and became Desserts et Chocolat 30 years ago. Know-how, passion and philosophy remain unchanged. Seasonal fruits, quality ingredients and unique delicacies: pastries, chocolates, confectionery, macaroons, ice creams... What's changed? The premises are much bigger and more functional, perfect for enjoying these little masterpieces at any time of day!

Here the speciality, that we taste without moderation, is the famous Russe! A marzipan cookie filled with a praline cream and a little extra that has been passed down from generation to generation. This jewel of gastronomy is at home here. A family affair if ever there was one, the cake follows a recipe that dates back to the ^19th century and takes its name from the ingredients imported from the Crimea at the time. In 1925, Adrien Artigarrède added his personal touch and opened his ^first store: the success was dazzling. Today, his great-grandson perpetuates the Bearn symbol. In the store in Oloron, you enter a mythical place that also offers Rosquille and Muscadine.

Located in the heart of downtown Pacy-sur-Eure since 1998, the Chasles pastry shop is an institution in the region. The establishment is indeed famous for its creations that are not only full of flavors, but also particularly pleasant to look at. But the great specialty of the house is of course the macaroons. These small round delicacies, soft and crispy at the same time, will delight your taste buds and your gustatory senses. There is something for everyone: pink raspberry, purple blackcurrant, milk chocolate passion, salted butter caramel...

La Meulière, an organic artisan bakery founded in 1994 by Achim Schulzbongert, has always championed "eating well" for better health. An ethic shared by Théo Bouvier, who worked with this master baker for nine years and took over the business in 2022. The charming little store, with its rustic decor and stone millstone in front, is equipped with a mill for preparing organic wholemeal spelt flours and various flakes. Visitors come for the wide range of sourdough breads, viennoiseries, cakes and original snacks.

Founded in 1913, this pastry shop is a real institution here. Today, the third generation of the Bigot family has taken over. Take the time to taste the sweetness of the house. Succumb to the marshmallow teddy bears, the marrons glacés, the pavé royal, the delicious wells of love... The atmosphere is friendly and authentic. In winter, you can snuggle up by the fireplace; in summer, you can sunbathe on the terrace. The hot chocolate is divine, the tea served with delicacy, in fine porcelain. The house offers chocolate and pastry workshops.

In Riedisheim, there is one of the most beautiful temples dedicated to the god of pastry! It is true that the pure butter pastry of Mr. Riss is delicious and brings back fond memories of childhood. In his laboratory, he constantly innovates for the greatest pleasure of his faithful gourmands! Macaroons, with their fruit pulp, are a real eye-catcher. The artisanal ice creams are also to be recommended and that all year long. What can we say about the torche-marrons? The best of all the agglomeration, a pure delight! Sin of greed when you hold us.

Pierre Hubert is a pastry chef not to be missed in Dijon. Whether in the Toison d'Or shopping centre or in his shop on rue des Godrans, many delicious creations await you. Macaroons, chocolates, jars of spreads or jams, and other delicacies and desserts will turn your head thanks to their colours and beauty! The cakes are excellent, like the yuzu tarte Tatin or the lightning bolt with Madagascar vanilla and caramelized pecans. Creations that evolve with the seasons.

Just like Morestel, this is a pastry-chocolate shop with the best taste. The most important thing is to indulge in the gourmet wonders on offer from Nils and Adeline. A charming welcome as they present their homemade pastries, combining creativity and local produce (apples from Le Bouchage, strawberries from the Isère). Don't miss the Paris-Brest, a Noisette, a lemon tart with lime meringue or a gluten-free Succès. Excellent 100% homemade viennoiseries, sandwiches, quiches, pizzas and seasonal salads. Chocolates of the same quality.

This new patisserie has a lot going for it. First of all, as you enter, you notice the modern, uncluttered look of the refrigerated display cases, highlighting the incredible variety of pastries on offer, as well as the particularly meticulous presentation work that has gone into each one. The welcome is charming, sincere and smiling. Lastly, it's the taste that amazes. Here, the emphasis is on innovative pastries or the great classics, with a personal touch that makes all the difference.

Octopus is an exclusively plant-based patisserie, a first in Brest, and even in Brittany! The idea behind this project was Galaad's desire to rethink traditional pastry recipes to create cakes that could be enjoyed by everyone, including vegetarians, vegans and allergy sufferers. As a result, you'll find no milk, eggs, butter or animal gelatin in the pastry chef's entremets, made from natural and organic products, with no additives. Lemon and chocolate tarts rub shoulders with refined fruit creations, evolving with the seasons, as well as pumpkin brioche, buckwheat muffin and hazelnut croquant, for a gourmet moment.

A delightful gourmet address where this charming young couple offer teas and coffees in partnership with Art-TEAsane, fresh fruit juices, and eco-friendly pastries in the form of sweet donuts - chocolate, caramel, brownie, lemon meringue - and novelties. A savory version with smoked salmon is also available. Don't miss the current one with truffles and Auvergne ham. Everything is made with local flour, oils from Lapalisse, organic eggs and local produce. Small terrace in the Passage Clemenceau.

Tired of the traditional snack? Gourmet cupcakes, comforting croffles and even bubble tea... Own'ly Cake has everything you need! It all began last July, thanks to the two founders, Lydia Reich and Hatim Nala... A few months later, it's more successful than ever. After all, how could you resist a 3-chocolate cupcake? The team bends over backwards to satisfy its customers, so much so that vegan and gluten-free cupcake recipes have been added to the menu to satisfy everyone.

Driven by their shared passion, Nathalie and Thibaut took over a patisserie in 2021. Their partnership gave birth to La Gandole Gourmande, an exceptional establishment offering gourmet creations, entirely homemade: various pastries, homemade marshmallows and chocolate, cakes, viennoiseries... Each mouthful exudes authenticity and creativity, while paying homage to Saint-Étienne. The nougat gaga, the Babet, and their stroke of genius that is the Saint-Gaga, a sweet sarasson embellished with seasonal fruits.

The first Pierre Hermé boutique was opened in Tokyo in 1998. The second one on rue Bonaparte was opened in 2001. Since then, it has been an undeniable success. The macaroons of this star pastry chef make even the most fashion-conscious ladies swoon: on the one hand, the "Infiniment" (vanilla, lemon, chocolate, pistachio...), on the other hand the "Signature" (Mogador, Chloé...). As for the pastries, the creations are divided into two categories: the unavoidable ones, such as the Ispahan (rose, raspberry, lychee) and the 2000 leaves, and the cakes according to the seasons. You can also enjoy a coffee at Café Pierre Hermé, on the other side of rue Bonaparte, at 61.

Tasty is a patisserie that lives up to its name: you'll find sweet creations as tasty as each other! Fanny and Etienne welcome you to their small boutique, with its sober, elegant decor that enhances the pastries on offer. On their menu, which varies according to season and inspiration, great classics such as lemon meringue, black forest and chocolate tarts rub shoulders with original creations. As tasty as they are beautiful, the cakes are made with fresh, local produce. And if you're feeling peckish, our praline, caramel and brownie cookies will melt your palate!

The house speciality is the famous and delicious "galette bourgueilloise", a must if you pass by. It is a brioche pastry with a light vanilla cream, to be eaten on the spot or to take away. Jean-François Brémaud offers you Touraine specialities such as the "tarte des vignes" (vineyard tart). The homemade chocolates are not to be outdone... And for those who wish to refresh themselves, what could be better than an ice cream with Bourgueil wine. The welcome is friendly and family. You will have understood it, it is a love at first sight for this charming tea and pastry shop.

This pastry shop hides sweet treats with incredible flavors. They seduce us not only with their beauty, but also with the finesse of their tastes. Come and discover the Praliné with its flowing heart of Piedmont hazelnut praline. We appreciated the freshness of the Exotic and, on the chocolate side, it was the Aztèque that won us over with its gourmet dark chocolate cream. To serve you even better, the patisserie has a summer terrace where you can refresh yourself with an artisanal ice cream. The menu features individual cakes as well as entremets and all kinds of cakes for your events (number cake, pièce montée, wedding French...).

This store specializing in homemade cookies, to eat in or take away, has set up shop in the town of Moulin. They come in dark chocolate with fleur de sel, white chocolate with raspberry, milk chocolate with marshmallow bear or Bounty, speculoos, Nutella, Kinder, M&M's, Oreo, Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello and other surprising recipes such as the briookie, a fusion between the softness of a brioche and the delicacy of a cookie. Treat yourself to a choice of assortments. Soft drinks, café frappés and milk drinks. Tearoom area.

Well established on the Place de la Fontaine, in the heart of the Cherbourg hypercentre for more than forty years, the Yvard house is at the top of the list when it comes to pastry and chocolate. But not only: indeed, the tea room, located at the back of the shop, combines the pleasure of the taste buds, whether it is pastry or ice cream. If you haven't been here for some time, you will discover a brand new decoration, very successful.

With Laurence's son Victor, they are the^4th generation of Maligorne artisan pastry-makers. He perpetuates THE speciality, the gâche (also available in braided versions weighing 1 or 1.5 kg) and, of course, the brioche de Mareuil (also known as the wedding brioche). In addition to flagship homemade specialties such as Nougat-Passion and Exquis, the new team of young pastry chefs has come up with a number of new products: a sweet hazelnut pastry tartlet, a soft hazelnut cookie with a mango-passion heart. For snacks, try our original éclairs and viennoiseries on a brioche base.

To your greed, this is THE tea room of your dreams. The pastries are delicious, the choice is vast and almost impossible to make. Not to mention the atmosphere... Between wood, wicker and green plants, everything is a pleasure for the senses. An absolutely perfect place for a comforting break. Pies, macaroons, eclairs, paris-brest, chocolates... All this accompanied by a hot drink served in beautiful ceramic dishes, or a good refreshing smoothie in summer. As a bonus, the service is adorable. How to resist?

Serge Serain, grand master pastry chef, chocolate maker and ice cream maker, and his team will delight you with their homemade pastries made with fresh products. The desserts are real jewels to nibble on. A beautiful address where you can stop at any time for a tea, a coffee, a fresh organic drink or a hot chocolate made with Valrhona chocolate. During the summer, the establishment offers ice creams and sorbets with seasonal fruits. You can also try the chocolate candies! Delivery possible.

Since 2018, pastry chef Christian Kervoern has been officiating in Landerneau at his patisserie on rue de la Fontaine Blanche, right in the heart of the historic center. A true family affair, the little store is entirely dedicated to gourmet delights. Modern and inventive, the pastry creations evolve according to the team's inspirations. As beautiful as they are tasty, they bear witness to passionate, 100% artisanal know-how, and are made with fresh, seasonal produce and a minimum of sugar. Gluten-free and lactose-free cakes are also available. Also a tearoom, the address has a small room upstairs for a refined snack.

They spent some fifteen years working in the gastronomic sector in a number of cities, but Nicolas finally felt the call of his origins and decided to settle in Kaysersberg to return to his roots... and for our great pleasure! Rigor and moderation are the watchwords here, or perhaps it's more a question of gourmandise. Whatever the case, we've come here to enjoy sublime pastries, macaroons, chocolates and divine viennoiseries.

Founded in 1893, the Riguidel fine bakery and pastry shop has been perpetuating traditional family know-how in the production of local and regional Breton specialties for five generations. Starting with the famous "Beurrée Riguidel", the other name of the best kouign-amann in the country (or even in the world!), which consists of a generous amount of butter on a flaky and caramelized pastry. It is the flagship product of the house, as well as the Riguidel cake or the sweet bread, a deliciously brioche bread with rum and raisins. Notice to connoisseurs..