Hello from our team at All Are Welcome.
Our mission is to bake with integrity using high-quality ingredients. Our process is detailed and takes time - our daily devotion. All Are Welcome is not inward-looking; instead, we focus on wider issues and have a genuine desire to foster community. We commit ourselves to makers and growers that use to non-extractive financial and human and ecological practices, vetting and choosing suppliers who share our values of sustainability.
Our founder, Boris Portnoy, was a pastry chef and baker seeking to create a home-like space. With experience in prestigious establishments like Meadowood Napa Valley (earning three Michelin stars), Boris brought this expertise to Australia. Although preferring some anonymity in this industry, BP envisioned and executed the concept of a viennoiserie and bread bakery. His curiosity and practical education background have always driven him to explore weather, seasonality, and sustainable practices.
We wish to introduce lesser-known cannon of viennoserie, breads and pastries to a broader audience, highlighting them as part of our bakery offerings. We are not commercial minded rather we choose to live in the community we serve, and feel like our community will support our efforts as long as they align with their values. By touching each item we make, we can ensure each product meets our standards of quality. We don’t focus on uniformity because we are not a machine, so the fact that our pastries and breads have different shapes day to day reflect the different hands that make them.
We select locations in vibrant neighbourhoods with strong local communities to ensure regular patronage. We aim to create a space that fosters genuine connections rather than transactional interactions. Our goal is for the community to view the bakery as a communal meeting place, encouraging less time on phones and more personal engagement.
We embrace being challenging rather than conforming to expectations. We aim to spark new conversations about pastries, especially viennoiserie, and engage with the process holistically. We engage with each supplier and their products to ensure top-notch quality and that we are not missing those special short seasonal items. We also work with growers by asking them what their challenges are and use our buying power to purchase when there is glut of fruit and vegetables.
