Bakery Review
L’Opera celebrates 10 years
BakeryBiz, Mar-Apr, 2021 With focus on new markets, to open two new outlets in Gurugram Delhi-based French patisserie and bakery chain, L’Opera, which is celebrating 10 years of operations, the premium French bakery is now looking to tap new markets. L’Opéra which is today the reference brand of patisserie and bakery and Salon de Thé […]
The maximum city’s love of bread
BakeryBiz, Sept-Oct, 2018 From Parsi brune bread to panipuri to the city’s best sourdough, a walk around Mumbai’s old bakeries and restaurants reveals many stories. Mumbai is a city of bread. From the old-world bakeries to the community khanawal (small local eateries) serving a variety of traditional unleavened breads to artisanal restaurants and hipster cafes […]
A place that means many things to many
No ingredient premixes. No ready-made recipes. Simple but elegant stuffs handcrafted in small batches. That is what Chantilly Café is all about. Manoj John reviews the new happening place in downtown Mumbai. I always had a desire to set up a quaint little place, warm and cozy, where I can serve fresh-ground coffee, home-style cakes, […]
LA BOUCHEE D’OR – A mouthful of gold
The proverbial name rings true for a little authentic French bakery. La bouchee d’Or has decided to introduce Pune to the delights of Parisian boulangerie and patisserie. By Ashishwang Godha When a burgeoning city like Pune gets an authentic French “bakery pastry shop”, it signals that the city is growing up. A quiet but, definite […]
A Cakewalk in London
Cakes, pastries, desserts and baking delights are steadily getting more popular among not only tourists but a sizeable chunk of the City’s office going populace. More people have breakfast at a café close to their office in London. Add to these numbers the multitudes of tourists, shoppers and people with a yen for fresh food, […]
A fairytale in Pune
Pune’s latest bakery outfit speaks about brand loyalty and customer satisfaction, the key ingredients for success. By Ashishwang Godha A fairytale should always have a happily ever after. And that’s what successful businesses also should be. Launched, toiled and succeeded for a happily ever after – the classic fairytale encore. While it may be too […]
Here, Quality Is King; Customer The Kingmaker
As Indian consumers are becoming more and more demanding, Oven Fresh has raised its own bar to serve the best of the world’s bakery and patisserie items. A review by Manoj Kumar Ronak Mehta, the suave proprietor of Oven Fresh, does not visit other bakeries and pastry shops in the country. It’s a quiet unnatural […]
Rwandans connect with India
EFI Hub, a newly formed mentoring and accelerator programme for startups across Africa and India, has expanded its portfolio of businesses to be mentored. Anu Shah, cofounder and CEO of EFI Hub, says the latest addition is ‘The Women’s Bakery,’ a co-operative bakery operating in Rwanda in the east of Africa. While the scale may […]
Iconic Kayani asked to shut down
The Pune Cantonment Board has asked the city’s Kayani Bakery, which is famous for Shrewsbury biscuits, to shut down for conducting business without obtaining a trade licence since 2006. Two other eateries – Kwality and Bagban – on Dr Coyage Road have also been asked to close down. The order came after Pune Cantonment Board […]
Serving bread the way it should be
An 18-month old artisan bakery is creating ripples for its authentic breads. The bakery is already planning to increase the number of its outlets to 20 from the existing four. A review by Manoj John When Sneh Jain quit his plum job at McKinsey to become an entrepreneur two and a half years ago, his […]
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