The Bread Essentials

The Bread Essentials

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Your Gluten Free & Nut Free Destination for good breads, sweets and our grocery section. We look forward to see you! The Bread Essentials

The story begins with the owner Josée who has more than 20 years of experience has a seasoned business manager for American Companies while cultivating for 10 years her passion for making bread and learning the art with French Bakers in Montreal. While learning, she stumbled upon this fantastic French Baker and his wife with whom a strong connection developed over time. After many months of discus

Photos from The Bread Essentials's post 05/26/2026

It's that time, folks!
Ice cream season!! (Unless you're like me and could indulge 365 days a year...)

We have sugar cones and plain cones.

And from we have their oat-based salted caramel, and chocolate fudge tubs, salted caramel IN a chocolate coating oat-based ice cream bars
And also, from their coconut cream based offerings in tropical sorbet (large and wee tubs), chocolate in wee tubs, coconut (large and wee tubs), and a rather stunning strawberry and rhubarb large tub 😍

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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Photos from The Bread Essentials's post 05/26/2026

Good morning, friends!

Are you a granola person?
How do you like your granola?
Do you add milk, or snacks right out of the bag?
I mostly snack out of the bag... sometimes I'll have a bowl, with Baileys.

Wait, what???
Don't judge me!!

Anyway 😉
has become a fan favorite with their blueberry, and mint chocolate chip flying off the shelves, so we've upped the game and added their strawberry (with beet root!) to the roster.
(And I think we need more of the mint chocolate chip as that bag in the photo seems to have disappeared since I took the photo on the weekend, lol) (Baileys has a mint Irish cream.... just sayin')

Rawcology granolas are loaded with nothing but goodness, ingredients you can actually read and don't need to google. They're organic, vegan, keto and paleo friendly, peanut free, nutrient dense and free of refined sugars - and, obviously, gluten free.

We don't have any Baileys though... more's the pity.

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/26/2026

Hullooooo, and good morning!

has some crackin' good crackers and we've just added their cracked pepper and olive oil crackers to our little Breton cracker family 🥰

We also have herb and garlic, and garden vegetable for your snacking pleasure. Nothing better than some cheese and crackers in the afternoon... or anytime really.

Come and get 'em!!

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/21/2026

Uh oh... oh boy.

So, bear with us for the foreseeable future, friends. We have 2 injured arms, and a 3rd person with a badly bruised finger.
0.o
We're still plugging away and doing our best. Kudos to the girls for still coming in and doing what they can. 💝😘

The rest of us are considering wrapping ourselves in bubble wrap, just in case

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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Photos from The Bread Essentials's post 05/20/2026

Wayhey!!
This week's snack... sweet and spicy gochujang crunchers! 😃😘
*whispers* if the spicy part puts you off, fear not! Tis very low... a mild heat. Just a superb flavouring of gochujang.

We also have their dill pickle, sour cream and onion (a bag of which I have also opened and mixed the gochujang into... don't judge me!!), BBQ, and salt and vinegar.

Enjoy them all straight from the bag or add them to a charcuterie board, slice some cheese, dip 'em, crumble them into a salad or over a pasta or slice of pizza...

What are you doing with yours?

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/19/2026

Hulloo everyone

It's that time again... we need those pesky ice packs cluttering up your space! We use them in shipping stuff that needs to be kept cold.

They don't have to be frozen.

Drop them by the bakery any time (if we're already closed, just leave them by the front door)

Thanks!!

Stay cool.

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/18/2026

Good morning, everyone!

Here's to a great week, for all of us 🥰

Very cute art by the very cute

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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Photos from The Bread Essentials's post 05/16/2026

Well, friends, that's another work week done and dusted.
Home again... time for a treat.

One of our rather fabulous (if I do say so myself, I make most of them ☺️😉) chocolate croissants, smeared with some Turkish kaymak (clotted cream), sliced banana, and homemade peanut butter (the bakery is 100% nut free, but I'm not) and a wee drizz of maple syrup.
😃

What do you like having with our croissants?

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/16/2026

Good morning, beautiful people!
What a stunning holiday weekend it is shaping up to be! 🌞🥰
Are you travelling? You need road snacks and drinks - we have tons of snacks featuring a real crowd-pleaser Weekender (yup, they're back!) potato chips. You get 4 kinds of chips in one bag: salt and vinegar, sea salt and cracked pepper, smokin' sweet BBQ, sweet and spicy jalapeño.
For the drive up grab yourself some non-alcoholic bevvies like sparkling juices Orchard apple, Ontario pear (we also have their Sour Cherry, I just didn't have enough arms to carry it out with the rest), and then when you have arrived at your destination, crack open their Eve Goes Badass (cider steeped in cayenne pepper for a little heat), or their classic Forest Garden.

We also have other ciders, wine, beer... all gluten free!

And now... the 'fine print':
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY
You must be 19+ to buy any liqour from our store

WE ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING VALID FORMS OF ID
•Ontario driver's license
•Canadian passport
•Canadian citizenship card
•Canadian Armed Forces card
•LCBO-issued BYID (Bring Your ID) card
•Canadian Secure Indian Status card
•Permanent resident card

An Ontario health can only be used as a secondary form of ID.
To be legally acceptable ALL ID must be valid and NOT expired, with a clear photo of the purchaser.
We reserve the right to refuse sales to anyone without proper ID.

Have a great weekend wherever you are!

We're open Saturday and Sunday 10-5

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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05/16/2026

Good beautiful morning, friends!
And happy long weekend!
Yes, we are open 10-5 today (Saturday) and Sunday, closed Monday, as usual.

As the wait for the streetcar on the second leg of my journey into the bakery was a bit long, I nipped down to the lake to greet the dawn. Absolutely gorgeous start to the day!

Have a great one, folks 🥰☺️🌞

- Jane.
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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406 Royal York Road
Toronto, ON
M8Y2R5

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm