The GOODS from Beaucoup Bakery & Cafe

Vancouver, BC | Spring makes an early appearance at Beaucoup Bakery & Café with a new star ingredient, local honey from Hives for Humanity. Starting today, February 28, 2017, the golden nectar plays a sweet role in three seasonal pastries: Honey Banana Double Baked Croissant, Grapefruit Honey Tarragon Cheesecake, and Miso Honey Roasted Eggplant Flatbread.

“We’re so lucky to have local honey so readily available via amazing community organizations like Hives for Humanity,” explains Jackie Kai Ellis, owner of Beaucoup Bakery. “Our team used the flavour profile of different types of honey as an inspiration for the new spring pastries.

Honey is such a versatile ingredient to work with. From our sweet grapefruit honey tarragon cheesecake to our savoury miso honey roasted eggplant flatbread, we cannot wait for our customers to taste them all.”

The Honey Banana Double Baked Croissant ($4.95 each) is made of a honey syrup infused croissant, almond frangipane, fresh banana slices, rye crunch, honey caramel, and crushed banana chips. Featuring the "Renfrew" honey from Hives for Humanity, this croissant is full of textures and tasting notes.

The light and fluffy Grapefruit Honey Tarragon Cheesecake ($6 each) also highlights the "Renfrew" honey from Hives for Humanity. Customers can expect a creamy unbaked vanilla cheesecake with fresh grapefruit, tarragon, honey, and a rye streusel.

Beaucoup Bakery’s seasonal savoury item is a Miso Honey Roasted Eggplant Flatbread ($4.95 each) made with miso honey roasted Asian eggplants and onions, roasted sesame seeds, topped with a fresh zucchini shiso salad and finished with sansho (Japanese pepper).

The bakery has also added a new sandwich to its line-up, a Rutabaga Mostarda Prosciutto Croissant Sandwich ($9.50 each) made with rutabaga mostarda, fresh rutabaga, lamb prosciutto, Chateaux de Bourgogne cheese, and endives. 

Beaucoup Bakery currently stocks an array of Hives for Humanity’s small batch honey on its retail wall, starting at $5.

“It is so wonderful to see local places, such as Beaucoup Bakery, embrace and use local honey,” says Cassie Plotnikoff, Hives for Humanity horticulturist. “Building community through bees is important to us and creating connections with local cafes is one way to reach even more people. Each of our honeys tells a story. For example, the Renfrew neighbourhood honey is known to be complex, malty with botanical and rich tasting notes.”

All Beaucoup Bakery items are made fresh daily and can also be pre-ordered for pick-up in large quantities. For more information, please visit www.beaucoupbakery.com.

DETAILS

2150 Fir Street (@ 6th Avenue) | Vancouver, BC | V6J 3B5
Telephone: 604-732-4222
Web: www.beaucoupbakery.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

GALLERY

THE PEOPLE

Jackie Ellis, baker and owner

ABOUT BEAUCOUP BAKERY

Beaucoup Bakery & Café opened its doors in December 2012, offering French-inspired pastries and childhood favourites with some smart, unique twists. The reason for opening Beaucoup Bakery was simple, to leave the world a happier place, even if through something as simple as a cookie. The company’s priority is to put care and pride into everything it does, from the ingredients used and the little details that go into the baking, through to the way the company treats valued customers and friends.

“At Beaucoup Bakery, we want to share amazing food, prepared with passion,” says owner and baker Jackie Ellis. “The biggest compliment we can receive is seeing someone’s eyes roll back and hear them say that it’s the best thing they’ve ever tasted! We strive to make people love food as much as we do!”

Beaucoup Bakery offers sweet pastries, cakes, seasonal tarts, cookies and viennoiserie, along with sandwiches made in-house—all of which can be enjoyed “to go” or in the charming 16-seat café. The café also includes a small retail area featuring hand-picked food and lifestyle items that match Beaucoup’s commitment to quality: coffee from Vancouver roaster 49th Parallel, Mellifera Bees honey, Lovely Home Idea linens, Black & Blum water bottles and Aquaovo thermoses.

HONOURS AND RECOGNITION

“The opening of Ellis’s South Granville bakery was delayed and then delayed again. And again. The resulting wait created a near-unmeetable expectation upon opening. Which, with the help of her perfect croissants and other transformative pastries, Ellis has been able to exceed.”
Western Living, March 2013 – 40 Foodies Under 40

WE Vancouver’s Best of the City 2013: Best Patisserie – 3rd Place
WE Vancouver, February 27, 2013

“Graphic designer turned boulanger Jackie Ellis opened her South Granville bakery just before Christmas, and made us wonder how we ever did without her decadent treats.”
Vancouver Magazine, Jan/Feb 2013