Véronique Mauclerc is not only one of France’s rare women bakers, she is one of the few bakers in France to use a wood-buring oven. Her boulangerie in the 19th arrondissement dates back to the 1920s and is listed as a historic monument. The oven is one of of just four remaining in France. Veronique [...]

Eric Kayser comes from a long line of boulangers and learned his craft from an early age. He opened his first boulangerie-pâtisserie at number 8, rue Monge in 1996. Two years later he opened a second store at 14, rue Monge, devoted to organic bread. In addition to delicious speciality breads, Maison Kayser makes fabulous [...]

Philippe Gosselin, who trained with his father, comes from a long line of boulanger-pâtissiers. His baguette de tradition has twice been named “Meilleure baguette de Paris,” a distinction that also makes the winner the official supplier of baguettes and petits pains to the French president and the Elysée palace for a year. Most famous for [...]

Jean Millet has been open on rue Saint-Dominique since 1963, and the place has a delightful retro ambiance that is reminiscent of the Paris of that era. A favorite among locals, the shop offers delicious baked goods according to some, they make the best pain au chocolat in the world  as well as the usual [...]