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At the heart of our traditional French bakery is Olivier Favrel. With more than three decades of experience under his belt, our master baker and pastry chef is committed to crafting products made using only the best ingredients.
Olivier Favrel, the owner of Olivier’s Bakery, was just 13 years old when he started his career as a pastry chef in Brittany. Today, he brings more than three decades of baking experience to bear on the bread and pastries he produces for his Borough Market stall, marrying the rich culinary heritage of his native France with British organic ...
In fact, Olivier was aged just 13 when he started his own career as a pastry chef in his hometown of Saint-Malo, Brittany. “I didn’t like school. My uncle was a pastry chef and every Sunday he would arrive after his shift, at the end of our family lunch, bearing a cake he had made for us.
The man is a worker, like his father (a fisherman), before him. There is a zeal in him—an unshakeable self-knowledge that if you just work the hours, strive to improve and keep going hard every day, you’ll be okay.
Raised on the noble Brittany diet of buttery croissants and crusty bread, the young Olivier was a passionate soul, with a taste for the finer things in life. His love for quality food began early on, developing into an uncompromising commitment to excellence.
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With more than two decades of experience under his belt, pastry chef and baker Olivier Favrel is committed to providing products made using only the best ingredients. Based locally in south-east London, Olivier’s Bakery brings to Borough Market a variety of freshly baked breads, cakes and pastries, including a special selection of 100 per ...
With 24 years’ experience under his belt, pastry chef and baker Olivier Favrel is committed to providing nutritious and delicious products using only the best ingredients to his customers. Olivier’s Bakery brings to Kingston Market a variety of handmade breads, cakes and pastries including a special selection of 100% spelt bread and croissants.
