I believe there is a lack of quality bistros and bakeries. The bistro as we know it (French home-style cooking) is overly conceptual, outdated and limited in what it offers in my opinion, while many bakeries lack personality and experience. All too often, baked goods all come out looking the same - oversized and way too sweet. In my view, coffee shops are keen on selling beverages but lack originality, choice and quality when it comes to baked goods, often outsourcing  pre-made or baked items from the same factories.

Welcome Bruno Albouze Inc., the new business venture which will run and operate "Bruno Albouze Bistro-Cafe-Bakery", a French-style bistro bakery in California. Bruno Albouze Bistro-Cafe-Bakery brings together the best of the bistro, cafe, and bakery experience and fuses them together into one concept. Our bistro-bakery offers high quality French dishes, beverages and one-of-a-kind baked goods in a relaxed authentic antique and modern bistro-patisserie- boulangerie setting.  

According to Ibis World, US bakeries saw an annualized growth rate of 2.9% with the total revenue in 2019 exceeding $11bn. 

And coffee shops have been growing even faster-- with estimated the total US market size of $47.5 billion, they have been growing at a rate of 3.3% with over 37,000 branded coffee shops and coffee-focused restaurants in the last 12 months. We hope to combine this excitement with classic french cuisine to help build a unique niche within the greater food industry.

Eight years ago, Bruno Albouze created a YouTube channel titled “The Real Deal Cooking Channel”, where he posts new recipes, from entrees to appetizers to desserts, weekly. Today his videos receive millions of views worldwide, he has over 700k subscribers and his recipes have received countless rave reviews. There is a growing demand among Mr. Albouze’s dedicated viewers for a restaurant featuring the signature dishes they have come to love.

Mr. Albouze plans for the bistro to be open for breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea-time and happy hours. The menu will feature Mr. Albouze’s original takes on classic French cuisine and his signature recipes from his cooking channel, from ratatouille to beef bourguignon to his famous croissant and the grand classic opera cake- his restaurant will feature the best of the best!

Mr. Albouze’s cooking channel has earned him a massive online audience of dedicated viewers, which now allows him the ability to raise the capital needed to turn a bistro cafe bakery concept into a franchise and an online wholesale business. Our goal is to build a bistro that holds anywhere from 80-200 seats. Once the first bistro cafe bakery is established, we will work to expand our wholesale business which could offer additional opportunities to grow the business.

Using Bruno Albouze’s signature recipes, our restaurant will be a fusion of a bistro, cafe, and bakery. These dishes have been tried, tested and perfected over the years. We believe they will bring customers into Mr. Albouze’s aromatic, delicious and flavorful world and keep them coming back for years to come.

We will begin with a kitchen pilot, then hopefully grow to open more restaurants and do online wholesale with our own original baked goods. Our goal is to raise the money needed to open our first location by the end of September 2020, and from there begin expanding our franchise around the country! We want the millions of fans who have watched and loved Chef Bruno's channel to have the experiences in person.

Founder, Bruno Albouze, was raised in Bordeaux, France, by a family with a passion for cooking. Though his love of cooking started at a very young age, his professional career began with an apprenticeship at a restaurant in Bordeaux when he was 14 years old. After that, Mr. Albouze went on to work in Bordeaux in the patisserie and boulangerie field for 10 years before earning his place as head baker at the Plaza Athenee in Paris. Mr. Albouze later joined the Lenotre Culinary Institute and the Pavillon Elysee and then went on to work as a private chef and executive pastry chef in San Diego, California. In 2012 he began his YouTube cooking channel which has garnered a wide audience over the years. 

Mr. Albouze will be putting together a team for his restaurant, focused on training, consistency, and service. His dedication to highly-refined culinary excellence will be reflected by the employees he hires to take on this exciting new adventure!

Chef Bruno's rise to fame comes from his friends, family, and fans so it only makes sense that they are on the ground floor.