The best pastry shops Reims

Don't be afraid to stray from the centre to discover this charming shop that has everything to make you fall in love. Renowned master chocolatier and pastry chef Olivier Biston offers a wide range of handmade chocolates, fragrant ganaches and melt-in-your-mouth pralines, original pastries, haute couture wedding cakes and sumptuous pièces montées that will make the most beautiful day of your life even more special.

History: It is the oldest French biscuit factory. Founded in 1756, in Reims, it is known for producing the famous pink biscuit, its flagship product, developed by a baker from Reims in 1691. This biscuit was traditionally exported with champagne as a refined festive biscuit. Since then, other specialities have been added to the house's range: pastry biscuits (croquignoles, macaroons...), dry biscuits (Charles VII, Déjeuner de Reims...), puff pastry biscuits (Reims salted, chocolate puffs, palm trees).

Visit: The factory can be visited. To do this, you must book by phone (visit on Wednesday morning). You will discover the fabulous history of Fossier cookies by watching a very interesting documentary. Visitors are then invited to taste the house's creations. This is followed by a gourmet guided tour to learn about the secrets of manufacturing in accordance with tradition. The visitor can find the Fossier cookies in the factory store next to the cookie factory.

Products: We will focus on the pink biscuit always associated with champagne and festive symbol. Nowadays used in many recipes, it is appreciated for its pink colour, but also for its crunchy and melting texture. Be aware that the "real" pink biscuits, the emblems of Reims, weigh 100 g by the dozen. You can buy them in bundles, cans, collector's boxes and even in powder form in vending machines, such as sugar... The factory store allows you to stock up on cookies directly from the oven. Other pink shops, including one near the cathedral and one in the Mac Arthur Glen factory outlet centre in Reims.

Smart: with its collector pink box "Reims 1914-1918", Fossier supports the restoration of the city's cathedral (0.50 euros donated to each box sold).

News: In 2016, Maison Fossier celebrated its 260th anniversary and obtained the label "entrepreneurs plus engagés", in addition to the label "entrepris du patrimoine vivant" already obtained in 2008.

Welcome to the wonderful and gourmet world of Bruno Barreira! After working alongside the famous pastry chef Eric Sonntag in his shop on rue de Mars, but also in Les Crayères, Bruno opened his own shop on rue de Neufchâtel. A real laboratory in which he develops surprising and tasty creations, all in finesse and originality: sublime wedding cakes and other multi-layer cakes with breathtaking decorations for all occasions. A birthday, a baby shower, a bachelorette party planned? Invite one of these cakes to your table, it will certainly make a sensation with your guests!

The Sparnacien Vincent Dallet chocolate factory is a veritable delicacies cabinet in which you will find something to satisfy all your desires: a beautiful variety of excellent chocolates, tasty pastries that follow the seasons, without forgetting local specialities to discover absolutely: croquignoles, pink biscuits, champagne bubbles... We are happy to be tempted by the Dallet, a ganache macerated with Earl Grey tea and typical Champagne delicacies such as Bouchons à la liqueur or Pavés de Reims, an infusion of aromatic herbs combined with a champagne ganache, not to mention the croquignolles, Champagne bubbles and Croquants.