Serious Eats’ NYC Best French Bakeries

11th July 2014

We’re excited to be one of Serious Eats’ Best French Bakeries in NYC. With the bakery and pastry culture alive and growing, here are a list of the great places named.

Food Arts Looks Deeper at the Kouign Amann

30th September 2013

Chef Dominique Ansel’s Kouign Amann, called the DKA (“Dominique’s Kouign Amann”) is most commonly described by customers as having “changed their life.” Click here to watch the Food Arts video on how it is made and how it has changed the Chef’s life as well.

BFM Le Grand Journal Chats with Chef Dominique Ansel

15th July 2013

Chef Dominique Ansel talks to BMF Le Grand Journal about the Cronut® and the story of how it came to be. From the 2 month development, with more than 10 recipe trials, to how he now manages the line and customers daily.

M6 in France reports on Chef Dominique as Le Roi de New York

3rd July 2013

Channel M6 covers the story of Chef Dominique Ansel from his start as Executive Pastry Chef for Daniel Boulud to starting his own store and now to the Cronut®. See fan reactions in line and how the typical morning starts for Chef. Full video here. Forward to 00:18:09 for the segment.  

News of Cronut® Pastries Travels to Japan

Japanese FCI correspondents visited the bakery last week to talk about the new Cronut® craze to their viewers in Japan. Their host lined up in the morning and had a taste test, declaring the Cronut®, “worth the wait”! To view the full video, click here.

CNN Host Richard Quest Talks Cronut®

1st July 2013

Richard Quest covers the Cronut® for CNN Money, speaking with Chef Dominique and customers in line to find out: just what makes everyone go nuts for Cronut® pastries?

NYT traces the beginnings of Croissant to Cronut®

12th June 2013

New York Times reporter Florence Fabricant gives a recap on the many incarnations of the croissant — from humble beginnings rumored to be in Budapest, to the highly trademarked Croissan’wich, and finally, to the Croissant. Click here for the full article.

International Business Times Joins Us for National Doughnut Day

7th June 2013

IBT reporters waited at the door this morning, along with more than 150 other Cronut® fans in line to score a bite of this tasty new treat. Chef Dominique Ansel sits down and speaks with them about the future of Cronut® pastries and how this will “never become a Cronut® shop.” Click here to see …

Good Day New York and Fox 5 News Covers Cronut® Lines LIVE

29th May 2013

Good Day New York sent along the Fox 5 News crew to witness the lines outside the bakery live, and interview customers as they wait for the Cronut®. With lines now forming by 6:30am, people from New Yorkers to New Zealanders are willing to put in time for a taste. Click here to see the …

VOGUE Declares Summer is the Season of Cronut® pastries

27th May 2013

In a city bursting with bakeries, Vogue gives a heads up to the Cronut® for causing a sensation unlike any other calling it “the baked good heard around the mediasphere”. Click here to read more.