Luxury French baker Laduree comes to India

Nov 6, 2020

Laduree – High-end French baker and sweet maker entering the Indian bakery market and plans to open its first outlet in New Delhi next year.CK Israni Group is India master franchisee of the luxury French bakery that is famous for its macaron, French toast and French patisserie.

Chandni Nath Israni, head of the retail division of CK Israni Group, said that they are in negotiations with some malls. “First store will come in Delhi and then we will move to Mumbai and rest of India.”

Started as a Parisian tea room in 1862 by Louis Ernest Ladurée and he opened a baker on 16th Avenue Royale in Paris today has about 40 restaurants and tea rooms and 107 stores in 21 countries including the US, the UK, Japan, UAE, Canada among other nations.

Israni said her company was originally planning to open the first restaurant this year but the coronavirus pandemic has pushed plans until next year. CK Israni is a real estate developer. The plan is to open around 15-20 Laduree branded bakery and restaurants in various cities in the next five years.

Customers will get the same menu, same experience here, similar to whatever they would have experienced Laduree globally be it Paris, be it London or Dubai and even our chefs are coming from Paris and would maintain the same macarons.”, Israni said.Started as a Parisian tea room in 1862 by Louis Ernest Ladurée and he opened a baker on 16th Avenue Royale in Paris today has about 40 restaurants and tea rooms and 107 stores in 21 countries including the US, the UK, Japan, UAE, Canada among other nations.