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life lessons
BY JOHN UNREIN

Few bakers have lived
through such unique
experiences as Pascal
Rigo has encountered.

Acclaimed baker Pascal Rigo remembers the crazy
days of his ﬁrst baking experience in La La Land.
During the early 1990s, he was baking artisan breads
in Los Angeles where he started doing business with
fancy hotels, crafting stylish sourdough loaves and
delivering them in baskets. "Americans didn't consume
bread the way the way we do," he recalls, with a nod to
his home country of France. "I wasn't trying to replace.
I wanted to just add something else."
Rigo was making fabulous breads in assorted styles
and ﬂavors, some with cheese or walnuts, and selling
to restaurants and hotels, until he decided to open his
ﬁrst retail store in Southern California.
"I was so busy I would fall asleep at a traffic light
when it was red," he recalls. Soon he had opened
three retail stores but later sold out to a major chain.
"I sold the company to California Pizza Kitchen in
20 minutes," says Rigo, who was asked to stay on as
a consultant for months. "I stayed for six hours and
drove to San Francisco."
Fast forward to February 2018. Speaking at Europain
in Paris, the baker who brought artisan breads to
Trader Joe's and Starbucks discussed how he remains
as committed as ever to producing great-tasting
organic breads at affordable prices.
Rigo said he walked away from a partnership with
Starbucks in 2015 after helping the chain double its
annual food sales to $3 billion in three years. Then he
went on to introduce La Boulangarie retail bakeries in
San Francisco. But now his eyes have turned back to
his home country of France where he is embarking on
a new style of small artisan bakeries to the Bordeaux
region of France, where he grew up and ﬁrst learned
his beloved trade.
According to reports, France has lost thousands
of bakeries over the past decade because of hard
boulangeries in small towns, hoping to ﬁx the ﬁnances
and reopen the stores.
"Today, I feel that I am a full product of a French
education. I realized there was a real opportunity to

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bake - March 2018

bake - March 2018
Editor's Note - Bakery Cafes Reimagined
Contents
Management - E-commerce to the Rescue
New Product Success Stories - Extreme Flavor
Technical Corner - Award-Winning EQUIPMENT
Practical Marketing - Bundt Cakes with a KICK
Equipment Innovations - Smooth Perfection
Bakery Cafes Reimagined
Life Lessons
Healthy Breads
Chocolate & Decorating - The Authentic Factor
Cakes - Wedding Cake Planners
Sweet Goods - Highlights from EUROPAIN
Pastries - Honest & Nostalgic
Foodservice - Blossoming Beverage Opportunity
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
Formula of the Month - Ginger Jump-up Cookies
BakeMark's Panaderia - March 2018
CARTA DE INTRODUCCIÓN
INTRODUCTORY LETTER
PAN Y HORNEO - Panes para Meriendas
PASTELES Y DECORACIONES - Contando Historias Con Pastel
Vender la Conveniencia
PERFILES - Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café
Sonora Bakery
Panadería Maria
Chapala Bakery
Panadería La Colmena #2
RECETAS DESTACADAS
PRODUCTOS DESTACADOS
BREAD AND BAKING - Snacking Breads
CAKES AND DECORATING - Storytelling with Cake
Selling the Convenience
PROFILES - Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café
Sonora Bakery
Panadería Maria
Chapala Bakery
Panadería La Colmena #2
FEATURED RECIPES
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bake - March 2018 - Editor's Note - Bakery Cafes Reimagined
bake - March 2018 - 4
bake - March 2018 - Contents
bake - March 2018 - Management - E-commerce to the Rescue
bake - March 2018 - 7
bake - March 2018 - New Product Success Stories - Extreme Flavor
bake - March 2018 - 9
bake - March 2018 - Technical Corner - Award-Winning EQUIPMENT
bake - March 2018 - 11
bake - March 2018 - Practical Marketing - Bundt Cakes with a KICK
bake - March 2018 - 13
bake - March 2018 - Equipment Innovations - Smooth Perfection
bake - March 2018 - 15
bake - March 2018 - Bakery Cafes Reimagined
bake - March 2018 - 17
bake - March 2018 - 18
bake - March 2018 - 19
bake - March 2018 - 20
bake - March 2018 - 21
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bake - March 2018 - 23
bake - March 2018 - Life Lessons
bake - March 2018 - 25
bake - March 2018 - 26
bake - March 2018 - 27
bake - March 2018 - Healthy Breads
bake - March 2018 - 29
bake - March 2018 - 30
bake - March 2018 - 31
bake - March 2018 - Chocolate & Decorating - The Authentic Factor
bake - March 2018 - 33
bake - March 2018 - Cakes - Wedding Cake Planners
bake - March 2018 - 35
bake - March 2018 - 36
bake - March 2018 - 37
bake - March 2018 - Sweet Goods - Highlights from EUROPAIN
bake - March 2018 - 39
bake - March 2018 - Pastries - Honest & Nostalgic
bake - March 2018 - 41
bake - March 2018 - Foodservice - Blossoming Beverage Opportunity
bake - March 2018 - 43
bake - March 2018 - 44
bake - March 2018 - Product Showcase
bake - March 2018 - 46
bake - March 2018 - Classifieds
bake - March 2018 - 48
bake - March 2018 - Ad Index
bake - March 2018 - Formula of the Month - Ginger Jump-up Cookies
bake - March 2018 - 51
bake - March 2018 - 52
bake - March 2018 - 53
bake - March 2018 - 54
bake - March 2018 - BakeMark's Panaderia - March 2018
bake - March 2018 - PAN2
bake - March 2018 - CARTA DE INTRODUCCIÓN
bake - March 2018 - INTRODUCTORY LETTER
bake - March 2018 - PAN5
bake - March 2018 - PAN Y HORNEO - Panes para Meriendas
bake - March 2018 - PAN7
bake - March 2018 - PAN8
bake - March 2018 - PAN9
bake - March 2018 - PASTELES Y DECORACIONES - Contando Historias Con Pastel
bake - March 2018 - PAN11
bake - March 2018 - PAN12
bake - March 2018 - PAN13
bake - March 2018 - Vender la Conveniencia
bake - March 2018 - PAN15
bake - March 2018 - PAN16
bake - March 2018 - PAN17
bake - March 2018 - PERFILES - Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café
bake - March 2018 - PAN19
bake - March 2018 - PAN20
bake - March 2018 - PAN21
bake - March 2018 - Sonora Bakery
bake - March 2018 - PAN23
bake - March 2018 - Panadería Maria
bake - March 2018 - PAN25
bake - March 2018 - Chapala Bakery
bake - March 2018 - PAN27
bake - March 2018 - Panadería La Colmena #2
bake - March 2018 - PAN29
bake - March 2018 - RECETAS DESTACADAS
bake - March 2018 - PRODUCTOS DESTACADOS
bake - March 2018 - BREAD AND BAKING - Snacking Breads
bake - March 2018 - PAN33
bake - March 2018 - CAKES AND DECORATING - Storytelling with Cake
bake - March 2018 - PAN35
bake - March 2018 - Selling the Convenience
bake - March 2018 - PAN37
bake - March 2018 - PAN38
bake - March 2018 - PROFILES - Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Café
bake - March 2018 - PAN40
bake - March 2018 - PAN41
bake - March 2018 - Sonora Bakery
bake - March 2018 - PAN43
bake - March 2018 - Panadería Maria
bake - March 2018 - PAN45
bake - March 2018 - Chapala Bakery
bake - March 2018 - PAN47
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bake - March 2018 - PAN49
bake - March 2018 - FEATURED RECIPES
bake - March 2018 - PAN51
bake - March 2018 - PAN52
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