Patisserie Cafe in Paris

Christophe Vasseur's 1875-listed bakery on rue Yves Toudic, pain des amis, escargots, no shortcuts.

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name, 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand's original 11e patisserie, the Equinoxe was born here

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957, the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie, painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread

Japanese-precision French classical pâtisserie on avenue de Breteuil, Saint-Honoré as the benchmark

Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001, matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730, Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

Yann Couvreur's first patisserie since May 2016, the original room with the fox-mark logo