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Le Pain Quotidien means The Daily Bread

A breakfast plate with scrambled eggs, two slices of toasted bread, and a small bowl of mixed fruit, garnished with a sprig of parsley. A cup of coffee sits in the background on a light marble surface.

Breakfast

Quotidien

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Sourdough mini baguette with grilled butter, portion of fruit salad, scrambled eggs and espresso

Ingredients

Egg, mini baguette (organic wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid, natural yeast levain and salt), mini fruit salad (papaya, banana, strawberry, grape and mint), butter (cream) and soybean oil.

Simplicity According to Alain

Our founder

Alain Coumont was born into a family of cooks. His grandparents had a restaurant, his father was a chef, and his aunt Simone was a talented pâtissier who baked tarts every Saturday for the whole family to devour on Sunday. When he was 6 years old, Alain began reading from the two cookbooks on the shelf at home. He taught himself to cook by reading recipes and hints from famous chefs. His first creations were chocolate mousse, cream puffs, and eclairs. Little did he know…

A man in a blue shirt stands smiling in a golden wheat field, holding a round loaf of bread. Tall trees and green foliage are visible in the background under a cloudy sky.
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