A chance encounter on a night out in London was the beginning of a butter-basted love story that resulted in the opening of Arty Baker bakeries inThe Gallic flair of talented baker Romain Tessier combined with the Canadian charisma and business know-how of his wife, Suzanne Hodgkinson, are taking the Dublin bakery scene by storm and they have just opened another business, a French wine bar.
Tessier, from the city of Tours in the Loire Valley, has been baking since he was a teenager. He began his career at a young age with an apprenticeship in a traditional French bakery, learning the art of baking and Viennoiserie. After completing his training, he hit the ground running and embarked on a career that has been varied and rewarding, including being head baker at the five-star Savoy hotel, followed by five years at the Hotel Café Royal, both in London.
He was also a contestant on Channel 4′s Bake Off: The Professionals in 2018, a spin-off from The Great British Bake-off. The coveted title was not to be his, but Tessier got though to the semi-finals, and he hasn’t looked back since. After that, things moved fast, with Tessier owning his own bakery for the first time with the launch of a pop-up in Sandycove, which paved the way for the Arty Baker. Hodgkinson joined the business full time and the couple have opened four successful branches, supplying Dublin locals with an array of buttery French bakes; breads, including their honey butter brioche toast, the Bostock; ham and cheese croissants; and jalapeño poppers.
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