The best pastry shops Brittany

Maison Le Daniel celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2023! For the occasion, it has created new limited-edition desserts. The holiday menu is always eagerly awaited. The creations of master pastry chef-chocolatier Laurent Le Daniel (MOF in pastry-making) can be enjoyed in the tearoom or at home. The Heart of Brittany is one of the house's best-sellers, a typically Breton cake with salted butter caramel, chocolate and a crunchy hazelnut cookie. We also confess to an addiction to caramel spread on crêpes - it's divine! On the catering side, brochettes, petits fours, mini-sandwiches, rustic canapés and pyramids of macaroons are a delight at all our events.

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.

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!

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?

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.

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..

At the age of 2, "he was playing with pots and pans", CAP at 16, Michelin-starred chef at 19, the first of a long list of experiences that would hone his technique, Maëlig Georgelin has dedicated his life to pastry-making, which he elevates to a visual and gustatory art form. Under the name Au Petit Prince, he opened his first store in Etel in 2009 with his sister Émeline. Auray, Baud, Belz, Carnac, Locoal-Mendon and... Pluvigner. The concept is the same as at his big sisters': chocolate, macaroons, confectionery, Breton specialities and, for enthusiasts, a workshop for all levels.

In the Pays de Douarnenez, the Boulangerie des Plomarc'h, run by Sylvie and Thierry Lucas for more than 20 years, offers typical Breton specialities. The small red front of this unpretentious bakery is nevertheless clearly visible. Connoisseurs will tell you that here you can taste the best kouign amann from Douarnenez, particularly melting and caramelized. Don't miss the traditional Breton cake, buttered and sweetened to perfection, or the Breton far!

In this soberly elegant patisserie, located not far from Rue de Siam, you'll find original creations that will make your mouth water! On the sweet side, you'll enjoy their famous choux gourmands, as well as refined revisited pastries, made to the rhythm of the seasons. You'll also fall in love with the unusual viennoiseries, such as the salted butter caramel puff pastry. You'll be able to buy good bread, whether dried fruit, gluten-free or plain, prepared with professionalism and certified Label Rouge. A range of savoury snacks is also available to eat in or take away. For the pleasure of your eyes and palate!

A true Brest institution, this top-of-the-range patisserie, run by Philippe Lallemand and his wife, has been offering a variety of entremets, petits câteaux, tarts and macaroons for three generations. You can opt for a family version, for 4, 6 or 8 people, to order. For special occasions, petits fours and pièces montées are also available. Here's a glimpse of our suggestively-named delicacies: "Royal Chocolat", the house's signature dessert (flaky praline, almond cookie, light chocolate mousse), or "L'Alliance" (calisson cookie, chocolate ganache, duo of mandarin and praline mousses). Craftsmanship and family tradition since 1923!

You'll find this cookie factory in Brest at one of its three locations: rue de Lyon in the city center, at the commercial port or in Guipavas. Terre d'embruns offers delicious "baked today" cookies and sweets: kouign-amann, tartelettes, sacristains and palets bretons, all made with natural, local, quality products, ideal for putting together your gourmet basket. Each boutique also has its own tea room, where you can sit down for lunch or a snack, or simply enjoy a cup of coffee.

Larnicol are pastries, such as Breton cake, Nantes cake, but also Torchettes® and finally a large choice of chocolates and other sweet treats. In the shop in Quimper, you will find chocolate creations with themes that adapt to the holidays and the seasons. Next to the shop, a catering service of savoury kouignettes garnished with salmon, Serrano ham, duck or foie gras and spread with onion confit, pesto or tomato tartar is open since the beginning of 2019. To be tested!

This house is adorned with the statue of Philomène, the dressmaker of this former haberdashery. A true Quimper institution, its reputation is so widespread that it has become a national benchmark. Macaroons are available in morello cherry, chocolate, caramel beurre salé, strawberry tagada, fig, lychee, Grand Marnier or vanilla-nougatine... Pastries, viennoiseries and ice creams are also available. We loved the Fresh Raspberry Macaronade with a light vanilla mousseline.

This briochine institution has existed since 1936. The house has gone through times to become what it is to date: a tea salon with a variety of delights and whose amann amann, the chef's speciality, was elected better from Brittany in 2016. The bakery is not very large, but you can sit down on one of the croisette chairs to enjoy pleasure with a good tea. The wooden floors, small tablecloths and flower cups are the perfect setting. In front of so many delicacies - pastries, pies, cakes, macaroons, homemade ice creams - you can only choose. Smart chose the Bora Bora, a very personal creation since Chief Arnaud Troalic worked in Polynesia before returning to his land. The apple-passion pie - a sandblasted paste, almond cream, odawara apples and a chibouste apricot/passion cream - has also been a success. A beautiful taste experience.

Mathias Narcissot's den is an intimate showroom that embraces a refined design reminiscent of the great hotel houses. His collections, which change every two months, also play on ambitious flavor combinations, such as his black garlic, William pear mousse, cinnamon dacquoise cookie, black garlic crème brûlée, 83% black icing or his lemon yuzu shiso tart. It's a truly graphic composition that unfolds on the plate and floods your palate! And you can enjoy it on Sunday mornings too.

Pastry chef at only 19, Maëlig Georgelin joined the prestigious Relais Desserts International in 2012 and created his own school 4 years later. In 2016, the Carnac boutique was born, where, like its big sisters, you can find something to melt like snow in the sun all the good resolutions of the^{1st of} the year. Among others, the Îlots de Saint-Cado (small praline cubes with caramel and cocoa), the Saint-Goustan (made with vanilla and strawberries) or the Kalamansi macaroon, this singular citrus fruit that comes from Malaysia.

In this charming pastry shop, located in the Saint-Ideuc district, Philippe Bonfils has put all his talent into the preparation of sweet sweets. He makes it a point of honour to use only quality products without adding additives or colorants. The pastries on offer are all equally appetizing. Our favourites go for the cabbage garnished, available in different flavors, they will finish a meal pleasantly. Also, the divine lemon meringue pie, subtly dosed with sugar and bitterness, the mille-feuille with a worked puff pastry, not to mention the pavlola, a Russian dessert as light as it is delicious in the mouth. A selection of organic breads is also on sale as well as Anaïs herbal teas. It should be noted that a range of salted products is being prepared. You can also find Madlenn pastries on the markets of Saint-Servan, Paramé and Rocabey.

A pink façade, an American diner atmosphere and doughnuts as beautiful as they are delicious... no, this isn't Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie, it's Grandpa Donuts! To satisfy both sweet and savory palates, Morgan offers tasty and highly original recipes. For lunch, treat yourself to a tomato mozza or an egg & bacon donut, and for a snack, why not try a chocolate or caramel donut, or more original flavors like pecan praline?
Here, donuts are entirely homemade: the dough is as melt-in-the-mouth as a brioche and as delicious as a doughnut... all you have to do is give in to temptation!

Behind the name Gaël Pâtisserie, Louis and his team have come up with a collection of soft, gourmet, artisanal cookies. Made in their Saint-Didier workshop, 15 minutes from Vitré, the recipes are all a sinful indulgence. You'll melt at the peanut butter heart, the homemade spread or the citrus fruit with marmalade made in Saint-Malo. The Vitré boutique also offers hot chocolates, homemade lemonades and ice creams with cookie toppings. Addictive.