South Florida's Pagnifique Bakery Bakes Up An Empire

When you buy a baguette at Winn-Dixie, bite into a steak sandwich at the Argentine-style bistro Novecento — or choose a multi-grain roll from their basket at your table — you are tasting bread baked by Pagnifique.

Each day, the South Florida company sends out truckloads packed to the brim with boxes of freshly made bread that has been mixed, baked, cooled and then frozen at its facility in Miami-Dade County. The loaves, rolls and baguettes are then quickly finished in the ovens of supermarkets, stores and restaurants, to be sold or served throughout Florida and beyond.

“We are working to be the best bread-maker in Florida,” said Fernando Abella, Pagnifique’s managing director.

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