Paris Bakery Class: Roll Croissants & Bake Baguettes in Le Marais

You'll Actually Bake in a Real Paris Bakery, Not Just Watch

You arrive for French breakfast, then step into the working bakery to shape baguettes, roll croissants, and bake them fresh. You take home everything you make, plus learn how the artisans do it every morning before the shop opens. Small groups keep it intimate and real, not a performance.

Step-by-step itinerary

Paris bakery hands-on experience

• Enjoy warm French breakfast
• Enter bakery for behind-the-scenes tour
• Meet bakery artisans
• Learn bread and pastry making
• Shape baguettes and rustic breads
• Roll your own croissant
• Bake your creations
• Make classic Financiers from scratch
• Taste and take pastries home

The experience

You walk in thinking you'll observe, maybe smell fresh bread, take some photos. Instead, the baker hands you dough and asks you to shape it. The bakery is small, nine people max, and it's the kind of place Parisians queue up at before work, not a stage built for tourists. You start with breakfast: a croissant and hot chocolate or coffee in the café attached to the shop, and then the real work begins.

The hands-on part is where it clicks. You learn how baguettes and country breads are shaped by watching the artisans move their hands, then you do it yourself. The dough feels different than you'd expect (alive, almost), and your first attempt probably won't be perfect, but that's the point. Then you roll your own croissant, which sounds simple until you're actually folding butter into dough and trying not to tear it. Everything you make goes into the oven, and you get to take it home warm. The Paris bakery class has won the Experience Award two years running, which means people actually come back and tell their friends it was real, not staged.

There's also a bonus round: you make Financiers, those small almond cakes, from scratch, bake them, taste them while they're still warm, and pack the rest to take with you. The whole thing is two hours, which sounds short until you're covered in flour and laughing at how hard it is to shape bread the way someone who's been doing it for twenty years makes it look.

What’s included

Your experience includes a traditional French breakfast when you arrive (fresh croissant with hot chocolate, coffee, or a soft drink), a behind-the-scenes tour of the working bakery where you meet the artisans, hands-on instruction in shaping baguettes and rolling croissants, time in the oven to bake your creations, a small-group baking class capped at nine people, and all the pastries you make to take home warm, including the Financiers you bake from scratch.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day6 departure times: the first at 08:30, the last at 17:00

Book up to2d before

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Child (5 to 17 years) · Infant (under 5)

GroupUp to 9

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

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Operated by A Taste of Paris (Voyages LLC)

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to actually make something with your hands in Paris instead of watching a demo: the small group size and real bakery setting mean you're learning from working artisans, not performers, and you leave with warm bread you shaped yourself.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 17 years); Infant (under 5).

What's included in the price?

Traditional French breakfast (croissant, hot chocolate or coffee), the hands-on baking workshop, a tour of the bakery, and all the pastries you bake to take home.

How long is the experience?

Two hours total, including breakfast and the baking workshop.

How many people are in the group?

Maximum nine guests per session, kept intentionally small for a more personal experience.

Do I need baking experience?

No. The artisans teach you step-by-step, and it's designed for beginners and families.

What if I have dietary restrictions?

Contact the provider before booking to discuss breakfast options and any allergies.

Where is the bakery located?

In Le Marais, Paris. Public transportation is available nearby.

Can I eat my pastries there, or do I take them home?

You take them home warm from the oven. You do taste the Financiers on-site before packing them.