Our Story

Thobors Boulangerie Patisserie Café is owned by Marc and Sylvie Thobor. Marc is a Parisian-trained bread baker, who emigrated from France with Sylvie and their family to become the master baker at Le Comptoir de Célestin. Located in a tiny, charming annex next to Célestin, the renowned French restaurant, Le Comptoir soon became a destination on its own, with customers lined up to indulge in freshly baked baguettes and Viennoiserie. In 2008, Marc bought the bakery, renamed it Thobors and moved it to its current location one door north. 

Marc Thobor began baking when he was 16 simply because he loved bread and everything about it. After graduating from an accredited three-year artisanal bread-baking training and apprenticeship institute, Marc honed his craft at several traditional Parisian boulangeries. He believes that good bread happens only when fresh, natural ingredients of the highest quality are blended with an understanding of bread chemistry—and craft. But Marc says that the magic of the bread doesn’t happen until a skilled pair of hands readies it for the oven at precisely the right moment. 

Sylvie Thobor is Thobors’ chocolatier and pastry maker. Always passionate about chocolate, the former hair stylist returned to France to train at the internationally renowned Cacao-Barry Chocolate Academy and earn her diploma as a pastry chef. Apprenticing under an award-winning Parisian pastry chef and chocolatier, Sylvie recently won a Concours de la Meilleure Patisserie, Chef d’entreprise 2010 award at the prestigious Paris pastry competition. Sylvie’s handmade chocolates, using only the finest ingredients in both traditional and innovative new combinations, are already a hit with Thobors’ customers.

Ryosuke Kita is Thobor’s pastry chef. Originally from Japan, Ryosuke learned the art and science of French pastry making via the vibrant and competitive French restaurant scene in Tokyo and Osaka. Ryosuke marries his love for the delicious, decorate art of French pastry craft with his Japanese sensibility, bringing wonderful new interpretations to Thobors’ sweet selections. Try one of his Green Tea or lavender macaron, and you’ll be convinced!