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Our mission at Flour is simple: we are incredibly passionate about sharing the pure pleasure that mouth-watering pastries and foods and warm hospitality can bring into your life. We love what we do and even more we love sharing it with you.

In 2019 PAUL was celebrating its 130 year anniversary, arriving at this impressive milestone via five generations dedicated to creating great-tasting bread. It’s a remarkable story of one family whose belief in traditional, labour-intensive baking methods and insistence on top-quality ingredients have created the largest bakery in France today, and taken the PAUL name to 46 other countries. PAUL has always been a community bakery, bringing the authentic taste of real French baking to its local customers. Whether they meet at cafes to chat with friends over a coffee and a pastry or take food home to enjoy with friends, PAUL is dedicated to sharing its passion for food with customers all over the world. The recipes for bread, viennoiserie and patisserie have been handed down through the family for over one hundred years. The bakers are true artisans, with years of training. PAUL Canada opening its first store in Vancouver BC in 2020 with its flagship shop will be at Robson Street. There are now a total of over 750 shops worldwide. Expansion plans are undergoing. This expansion will provide great opportunities for more people to join the business and to develop a career as the brand grows in Canada. Today PAUL has stores in many countries including France, Holland, Japan, Kuwait, Dubai, UK, China and the USA. It is still owned by the founding Holder family.

Lola's Cupcakes began back in 2006 when two friends, Victoria Jossel and Romy Lewis, started things the good old fashioned way. Originally taking orders in their bedrooms and baking in their parent's kitchens, the orders soon started flooding in and they had to move production to a bakery in Primrose Hill. With their love for baking and passion for the finest, freshest ingredients the company grew from strength to strength. Lola’s opened concessions in Harrods, Selfridges and Topshop, a flagship in Mayfair, an online store and has worked hard to produce London’s best cupcakes. Victoria and Romy moved on to other projects, but Lola’s continues to grow in team and spirit. Now with twenty stores across London, Lola’s handcrafts cakes and cupcakes for the city daily. In each of our stores, from Chancery Lane Station to Canary Wharf and even Selfridges Birmingham, our cupcake specialists are on hand to advise and to give you a taste of our classic flavours as well as our seasonal new discoveries. Our sponges rise with the sunrise and our bakers and decorators handcraft our cakes and cupcakes using only the finest ingredients. Fresh every day, always, Lola’s Cupcakes brings a smile of sweetness to people every single day.