Europastry is a global bakery manufacturer making breads, brioche, pastries and its distinctive Dots Original® products for markets around the world. The company describes itself as a team of bakers with a startup mindset, blending traditional baking craft with ongoing innovation. Its international operation includes more than 80 countries, 27 production plants and over 600 distributors.
Gourmand Pastries S.AFounded in 1984, Gourmand Pastries S.A. makes frozen ready-to-bake viennoiserie in Mouscron, Belgium, supplying professionals with croissants and Danish pastries for finishing fresh on site. The family business produces more than 4.5 million pastries a day, serves over 50 countries across four continents, and develops private-label products alongside its own range. Gourmand Pastries is part of the Dossche Group.NEW YORK, NY
Bread and ChocolateFounded in 1978 by Theodore Manousakis and Chef Ernst Moser, Bread & Chocolate brings European artisan baking to Washington, DC through its bakery cafés. The former 11-location operation now serves the community from West End and Chevy Chase, carrying on its tradition of fresh French pastries, artisan breads, and made-from-scratch brunch. Its butter croissants and other pastries are baked fresh each morning.TAKOMA PARK, MD
LeBus BakeryBorn in a West Philadelphia restaurant kitchen in 1986, LeBus Bakery makes handmade artisan breads, rolls and pastries for restaurants, grocers and food-service customers. Founders Esther McManus and David Braverman developed their French baguette after Esther returned from learning the craft in Nice, then broadened their baking through study with bakers in Europe and across the United States. Today, LeBus produces both fresh and frozen goods, including the brioche buns that have been staples of fine sandwich shops and restaurants for decades.KING OF PRUSSIA, PA
PidyBorn in a Belgian pastry shop in Ypres, Pidy has made ready-to-fill pastry products since 1967, including the pre-baked vol-au-vent shell that launched its international story. Now a Bouvard Professional brand, Pidy offers more than 400 pastry products to customers in over 50 countries, with production across Belgium, France and the USA. Its sites are certified to BRC, IFS and SQF standards.INWOOD, NY