The winner of the 2012 Grand Prix de la Baguette de Paris, i.e., the best baguette in Paris.
Here’s a collection of our favorite Paris bakeries, organized by arrondissement. Click on the name to read more, including which rave reviews and professional awards the bakery has won, including the awards for the 2011 Best Baguette in Paris competition.
75001 Eric Kayser – 33 rue Danielle Casanova Julien – [...]
For the 4th year in a row (see past results below), a bakery in Montmartre has taken home the top prize. Congratulations to Pascal Barillon of Au Levain d’Antan! We’ll report on the remaining top 10 results as they are revealed later tonight. You can click on any of the links to see these bakeries on our Google map, and you can visit Our Guide to Paris Bakeries for practical information and reviews.
Pascal Barillon, who has been baking since 1976, was awarded 1st prize in the 2011 competition for the Best Baguette in Paris.
Fabrice Le Bourdat makes some of the most beautiful — and acclaimed — desserts, viennoisserie, and breads in Paris.
“Gana” is founder Bernard Ganachaud, who won the “Meilleur Ouvrier de la France” title in 1979. This bakery was opened by his daughters in 1989.
This upper Marais bakery has an award-winning baguette, but Benjamin Turquier’s schwarzbrot has won praise, too.
Head baker Djibril Bodian won the 2010 Grand Prix de la Baguette.
Christophe Vasseur’s breads are worth crossing town for, and many people do.
Don’t let the multiple locations fool you into thinking that this is some kind of mediocre chain bakery: The breads at Kayser are excellent.
Gosselin’s baguette was rated fifth best in the city in 2010.
Bazin is known for his breads, as well as his classic Paris-Brest.
Frédéric Pichard’s baguette placed in the top ten in the 2009 Grand Prix de la Baguette.
Dominique Saibron won third place in the 2010 Grand Prix de la Baguette.
Baker Franck Tomberel won the 2009 Grand Prix de la Baguette.
A fantastic bakery in the location formerly owned by another master, Jean-Luc Poujauran
The 2008 winner of the annual Grand Prix de la Baguette de la Ville de Paris.
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