This week we are celebrating Gourmand!'s 5th Anniversary !!
This week we are celebrating Gourmand!'s 5th Anniversary !!
Gourmand!
turns 5, yay !!
On 21st September 2021 @gourmandcafe physically opened its door to the public. For those who don't know our business originally started online during the second lockdown in November 2020 giving our then customers the opportunity to get cakes and treats delivered to their loved ones they could not meet instead of sending cards or flowers.
The feedback was so nice and encouraging that we decided to look for an unit and signed in May 2021. We transformed a former estate agency into a beautiful bright little piece of South of France where we come from
It's been 5 years now thanks to the initial online customers, the one that walked in the first year, the ones who walked in the year after and the year after and the year after and a couple of months ago, yesterday and today Merci.
To celebrate this milestone we've decided to do 3 Special offers over 3 days
Pastries at Gourmand!
!! Please note that we only produce Almond Croissants when we have left overs croissants. It is indeed the traditional way. Originally, we did not produce almond croissants daily. Only because it became a trend that bakery produce them on purpose. But the real and traditional purpose of an almond croissant (and other filled croissants) has always been a way to reuse croissant left overs from the day before. This is why you won’t automatically find Almond Croissants with us and why we don’t take any orders for them. !!
We produce from scratch traditional Croissants pur beurre and Pains au chocolat.
We make them using 2 top quality labelled French flours and 2 differents A.O.P. Isigny-St-Mère butters, all imported from France.
It come as a high cost of production for us, but those ingredients are keys in order to get the right texture and flavours in our pastries.
It is highly recommended to pre-order them, especially since we only produce them for the weekend.
We are an artisan micro bakery, limited in time and space,so we can only produce a certain amount and when they are gone, they are gone.
We use to sold them out within the hour after opening.
In order to make sure you have got what you want, feel free to pre-order them so we can save them for you.
Pre-orders must be placed with 48 hours notice.
If the demand is high we can always try to produce an extra batch but as it takes over 30 hours it is not guaranteed for us to make it as we also have to priduce all the cakes, desserts, biscuits, bread, lunch items,…
MERCI BEAUCOUP
Thank you so much!!
We are delighted to be awarded and nominated in various contests, thanks to your support.
2022:
Awarded Best Café In Warrington.
2023:
Nominated for “Best Croissant in the UK”.
Awarded Best French Café in the North West.
Finalist of Best Café in Warrington.
Finalist of Best Dessert in Warrington.
Finalist of Best Breakfast in Warrington.
2024:
Finalist of Best Café in Warrington.
Finalist of Best Dessert in Warrington.
Finalist of “Best Croissant in the UK”.
Awarded Good Food Blue Ribbon North West.
2025:
Awarded Best French Café in Cheshire.
Semi-Finalist of “Best Croissant in the UK”
Awarded Good Food Blue Ribbobn North West.
Bienvenue chez Gourmand! Café
Welcome to Gourmand! Café - a Taste of France
The only Authentic and Traditional French bakery/café in the North West.
We serve classic French cakes, breads, pastries, desserts, light hot bites, soups and salads for lunch, hot and cold drinks.
All the food on the Menu is Freshly homemade from scratch by the 2 of us, in the café.
We bake, cook and serve exactly like in any artisan bakery/bistro in France.
We don’t do anything British or in the British way.
The only reason is that if you come into our French café, is to get the French food experience and not something inspired or adapted.
On Sundays, we serve the Brunch à la française, 1 Dish of the day and during the Winter we also serve 2 proper French Winter dishes: La Raclette and La Tartiflette.
Brunch and/or Sunday dish of the day MUST be booked by Fridays 4pm.
We now serve “Plat de Jour” (Dish of the day) every day (Wednesday till Saturday).
These are popular dishes, which are typically served in French Bistros.
What is Gourmand café?
Gourmand: [ goor-mahnd, goor-muhnd ]
Someone who likes good food, eat with pleasure.
Food that looks delicious, mouthwatering, delectable, indulgent, tasty, utterly scrumptious, generous
More about Gourmand! Café
Who are we?
We are Olivia and Julien, 2 Frenchies living in Warrington for over seven years. Olivia comes from Montpellier, and Julien from Nîmes, both located in the South of France.
Our authentic French Food
Our aim is to offer you a little piece of our home country and a real French food experience with classic recipes, regional and seasonal specialties, so you can explore France right here in Warrington.
Everything is freshly made from scratch, by the 2 of us, on-site, using the best ingredients from France as well as locally sourced (as much as Mother Nature gives us). If you are in a rush, don't worry, you can take your treats away.
Our little piece of France (in Warrington)
Whether you come in for a cup of coffee, a light lunch or an afternoon treat, you will be welcomed in our cosy atmosphere and the free WiFi will allow you to relax and browse, watch, surf, or work while enjoying your treats.
We will also (at least try) to leave French language books, comics and magazines for you to browse. So if you want to improve your knowledge in the language of Cantona, you can practice your French language skills in a real French environment.
Due to the limited space we have, we do not take any bookings, except for the Brunch on Sundays.
Café Suspendu
We will also set up what we call in French: café suspendu / suspending coffee. But with us it will be named “suspending treat”.
That means you can pay for a coffee (or anything else we can do) for anybody who you think deserves a treat who will pick it up at their convenience.
It could be a homeless person, someone who’s had a bad day, a student who’s spent days and nights preparing for an exam, your friends, family, your son or daughter on their birthday…. well, you get the idea!
We look forward to seeing you in Warrington soon.
Bon appétit.
