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Cape Town is home to a bounty of banging bakeries, and I’ve tried almost all of them, writes Cape {town} Etc’s Robyn Simpson. Pastries are my kryptonite and I’ve eaten enough of them to know who is serving up the goods in the Mother City. Paris Cape Town are the new kids on the block and their baked goodies are taking us to France – full speed ahead on flavour.
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Paris Cape Town is the first of its kind with the head baker and pastry chef being French – the real makoya.
Owner, Laurent Bezaudun, who is deeply passionate about his French origin and living out his bread-filled dreams, is bringing the original taste to town and has chosen the perfect location where people can sit, relax and enjoy both the food and the view – Sea Point.
“Managing my own business has always been my dream and two years ago, I decided to start a new life, far away from what I was used to – France, Paris, and advertising,” he says. ” I like gastronomy but I had never worked or studied gastronomy. My only asset was to be French and since I am from the country of gastronomy, I decided to open a French Bakery, supported by a French baker chef, as well as a French pastry chef.”
Customers will get to experience the real French taste with everything at Paris Cape Town being handmade, using French techniques.
“A French bakery at the minimum has to bake the bread like it’s been done for ages in France, using a deck oven and not a rotary one,” highlighted the Frenchman.
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“Having two French chefs guarantees a perfect quality and a pure ‘French way’ production in Cape Town”, says Laurent.
Paris Cape Town’s pastry chef, Fabien Huchet is 25-years-old and has worked in a pastry lab for almost ten years already. He got his pastry’s degree in 2014 and has since been working at several of the most exclusive 5-star Hotels in Paris, including the Royal Monceau, the Meurice, and the Shangrila. Fabien also opened the famous Chef Conticini’s pastry shop in London in 2018.
Head baker, Thierry Gondran has been in the industry for 30 years now and has worked in France and Norway and for the last ten years in South Africa. He is an old-school baker full of French baking techniques, which produces quality and unique pastries and croissants.
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The bakery also has a team of waiters, two baristas, and two kitchen staff.
At Paris Cape Town, you can either treat yourself to pastries or a wide range of breads – from the traditional baguette to sourdough and ciabatta.
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The bakery partnered with Mischu Coffee for some of the best espressos, cappuccinos, and mochas in town. Coffee and a pastry? Robyn’s heaven.
For lunch, they offer everything from gorgeous traditional quiches to freshly made sarmies.
“I created Paris Cape Town to give our customers a trip to France through their palette. Take a bite into one of our butter croissants or pain au chocolat, close your eyes and you are at a Parisian patio,” teased Laurent.
Get your goodies at 265A, Main Rd, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town.
- Wednesday to Friday: 7am to 2pm (or until sold out)
- Saturday to Sunday: 7am to 5pm (or until sold out)
Contact: +27 76 138 2335
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