Bakeries

Le Petit Gateau

August 9, 2011

Pierrick Boyer has a wealth of international experience, gained in many of the world’s most prestigious venues. He has worked alongside some of the most internationally renowned chefs including Alain Ducasse, Christophe Michalak, Pierre Marcolini and Stephane Leroux. Pierrick has made Melbourne his home since 2005 where he is his now sharing his knowledge and [...]

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Dolcetti

July 30, 2011

Pastry chef Marianna Di Bartolo has created something very special at Dolcetti in West Melbourne – a bakery dedicated to her Sicilian heritage. The display is always filled with beautiful cakes and biscuits created here on a daily basis. There’s plates piled with tangelo-topped amaretti biscuits, or the exquisite almond, raisin, cherry and orange biscotti. [...]

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Chez Dré

July 29, 2011

Chez Dré  is one of the newest additions to the Melbourne food scene. It’s hidden down a tiny laneway in South Melbourne, but the sweet treats on offer make it a destination all cake lovers should search out. The business is headed up by French pastry chef Andrea Reiss and her influence is apparent in the [...]

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Burch and Purchese Sweet Studio

July 29, 2011

Just when you think you’ve seen the best cake store in Melbourne, along comes Ian Burch and Darren Purchese with The Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio. Their ‘Sweet Studio’ combines modern techniques with classical expertise in a space where cake takes centre stage. Choose from individual or larger cakes in flavour combinations such as raspberry, [...]

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Oasis Bakery

July 29, 2011

Oasis Bakery is possibly the best Middle Eastern store in our fine city; every time I go here it just gets better and better. What was a pretty simple store and bakery has been transformed over the past for years into a glamorous food store, bakery and cafe. They now package more of their quality [...]

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Food Stores – more Melbourne favourites

July 9, 2011

Melbourne is home to thousands of food stores and I spend much of my time visiting then in my work as co-author of The Foodies’ Guide to Melbourne. Around 400 stores end up in The Foodies’ Guide, but here I wanted to introduce a few of my absolute favourites – in words and pictures. These are stores [...]

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Melbourne bakeries

June 24, 2011

I’m a sucker for a good bakery – windows filled with icing sugar topped pastries, eclairs, lemon tarts and jam filled doughnuts will get me in every time. Luckily (for me) the number of wonderful bakeries around Melbourne continues to grow each year. So I have gathered together a few favourite here – and added [...]

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