MAISON VOLLET
Visit our Bakery and Caterers for Bread, Cakes, Confectionery and Ice-cream.Description
100% Home-made Run by Pascal VOLLET, pastrycook for over thirty years, and his wife Caroline. He has a degree in catering and has worked in high-class establishments in Paris, Menton, Grasse and Monaco. They set up in Parthenay in 2003 and his experiences in Michelin starred restaurants has enabled him to respond positively and creatively to the demands of every client no matter how far-fetched! Pascal makes every stage of his cakes and pastries himself from beginning to end, finishing with the almond paste! He loves his food to taste special and so uses only fresh fruits and quality ingredients like Pamplie butter and local flour. He is also one of the few pastrycooks who makes a true rum baba.
Pastries Symbolising Parthenay You will find the shop window colourful and packed with mouth-watering delicacies, which change with the seasons. He takes traditional pastry recipes and changes them to make his own specialities, some of which have a local connection, like the 'Saint-Jacques' a dessert made with chocolate, caramel, orange and walnuts decorated with a picture of the Saint Jacques tower sifted onto almond paste. And the 'Broyé de Poitou' cake, which comes in various shapes, has the head of a Parthenay bull moulded into it.
Maison Vollet has received many awards in the annual Nouvelle Aquitaine best flavour competitions:
Gold (2014), Silver (2017 & 2018) and Bronze (2015) for their brioche
Gold (2015) and Silver (2014) for their Broyé du Poitou
Gold (2017) for their smooth, filled Macaroons
Locally Grown Ingredients for Gourmet Treats. Macaroons boxed or sold by weight, ice-creams and frozen deserts, sweets and pastries: angelica, Thouet biscuits, chocolate beans ...
Lots of choice of unusual sweets and chocs, for giving, or as a treat!
New! Home-made jams and jellies.
Opening hours
Mardi : 8h00-13h00/15h-19h00 Mercredi : 8h00-18h30 Jeudi : 8h00-13h00/15h00-19h00 Vendredi : 8h00-13h00/15h00-19 h00 Samedi : 8h00-19h00 Dimanche et Jours Fériés : 8h00-13h00 Tél : 05 49 64 10 45