Meet Our Partner: Bridor, Producer of Traditional French Bread and Pastries

Bridor is a long-standing partner of Classic Fine Foods, providing our customers with a wide range of premium artisanal French bakery goods. Learn more about the brand in this article.

Since its creation in 1988, Bridor has been passionate about mastering French baking principles and creating delicious, authentic and natural bakery products products for their customers.

So why is Bridor products so good?

Rigorous selection of the very best ingredients

Bridor is focused on ensuring excellence in their ingredients and supply chains whilst using the purest possible recipes that are free from additives and improvers. Their motto of "artisanal products combined with industrial management" sums it up perfectly.

The bakers use traditional French flours, pure French butter and highest quality ingredients for fillings.

Bridor products are designed for the most demanding hotels, restaurants and catering professionals in 100 countries and offering a wide selection of products.

Showcasing traditional French bakery principles

At their state of the art production facility in Brittany, Bridor uses traditional French techniques for the best results, baking their breads in stone floor ovens for maximum crusts and artisanal appearance.

Dough for pastries is slow-kneading, gently and progressively rolled and allowed long rising times for natural and complex flavours.

Constant developments and innovative processes

Innovation is at the heart of the company, imagining and developing new products every year that showcase a diversity of flavours and inspire new menu ideas.

Bridor understand the growing demand from consumers for dairy-free, gluten-free ad vegan breads and pastries. In response they have designed a range of vegan and gluten free products to help meet the dietary requirements of your customers.

Bridor's Product Range of Bread & Danish:

Lenà´tre Professional Recipe

Delicious recipes developed by Lenà´tre. Bread with a large range of individual rolls and also the very best in French baking to serve hotel and catering professionals with a choice of mini and large Danish recipes.

Signed by Frédéric Lalos

Bridor has teamed up with Frédéric Lalos to develop a range of breads for sharing, dedicated to high-quality establishments. They offer an experience marked by generosity and abundance.

Classic Bridor Range

All the spirit of a French bakery with a large range of bread, baguettes and special sandwiches bread. A range of mini and large ready-to-bake pastries for a source of intense pleasure.

Ready to Prove vs Ready to Bake Products

Ready to Prove

These frozen unbaked Danish pastries should be proved in a warm, damp fermentation room for around two and a half hours, with direct proving. They should then be egg washed with whole egg to produce a wholesome golden colour on baking.

Ready to Bake

They are supplied pre-proved and egg washed. They are ready to bake straight from frozen. They are quick and easy to prepare, guaranteeing freshness and flexibility. Items can be baked on demand.

Want to know the cooking instructions for Bridor Products?

You will find information about defrosting and cooking times and temps on the boxes or check out the product pages on our website.

Our top selling Bridor products:

Classic French Macaron Selection (BRI36173)

An exceptional petit four with a delicate and light texture and selection of delicious fillings including; Lemon , PDO Isigny Salted Caramel, Raspberry, Vanilla, Chocolate, Pistachio, Coffee and Passion Fruit, so there is a flavour to delight every palate.

Mini Assorted French Pastries (BRI32232)

Discover the taste of classic French patisserie with this selection of delicious mini chocolate twists, pain aux raisins, custard extravagants and cinnamon swirls, there is something to suit everyone's tastes!

French Butter Croissant (BRI35653)

A French classic, this croissant has a crisp, flaky pastry and rich buttery flavour that is perfect for any breakfast buffet.

Lenà´tre Finedor French Baguette (BRI30895)

An elegant addition to the Lenà´tre range, this sourdough baguette combines a traditional appearance with scoring by hand to the quality you would expect.

French Pain Au Chocolat (BRI38204)

A Viennese pastry classic, this pain au chocolat has a delicious crispy, flaky pastry and rich, gooey chocolate centre. The perfect accompaniment to a hot coffee!

Looking to buy Bridor products but want to learn more about the correct way to use them? We can organise a meeting with a Bridor specialist to show you the best ways to prove, defrost and cook Bridor's bread and pastries using your oven. Speak to your account manager.

Check out our full range of Bridor products here.

Take a look at the Bridor website for wonderful recipe inspiration here.