Brioche Dorée is a French chain of

bakery A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who ...

café A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-ca ...

restaurants founded in 1976 and originally started in

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. The company was founded by

Louis Le Duff Louis Le Duff (born 1945/1946) is a French billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of Groupe Le Duff and the Brioche Dorée bakery chain. Early life Le Duff went to school at Lycée de la Croix-Rouge, Brest. He earned a bachelor's degre ...

, current president of

Groupe Le Duff Groupe Le Duff is a French restaurant conglomerate, with holdings in Europe and the Americas, consisting of over 1,310 restaurants and bakeries. It includes Bridor, La Madeleine, Kamps, Mimi's Cafe, Pizza Del Arte, and Brioche Dorée. The compan ...

. The chain has locations in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, the

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, and

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. It serves over 200,000 customers every day and operates over 500 restaurants. The name means "Golden

Brioche Brioche (, also , , ) is a bread of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. Chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and ...

" in French. Many of their international locations are inside

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References

External links

Official website
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