The Bread Essentials

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

sions, it was agreed that Josée would continue their business and to move it to Toronto. While learning the baking trade Josée developed a gluten allergy and struggled to find quality and tasteful bakery and pastry products, a motivation to work at improving her offering, hence the change made to become an entirely Gluten Free & Nut Free Bakery and Grocery. August 2019 is when The Bread Essentials had to make the decision to cease the regular bakery and became entirely Gluten Free. Shortly after; October 1 2019 is when The Bread Essentials obtained it Gluten Free Certification and therefore Celiac approved. Please come to see us for a friendly visit to see what our Bakery and Grocery sections holds that will make you feel like the sky is now the limit! We continuously work to better our offering and develop products that make us feel...we eat normally!

*looks at watch* It's "Time For A Tipple" o'clock. (Hey, when you get up at 2:30 am to get to work for 5am... the drinki...
06/17/2026

*looks at watch*
It's "Time For A Tipple" o'clock.
(Hey, when you get up at 2:30 am to get to work for 5am... the drinkin' starts early 😄😉🙃🍻)

1. Mom went and picked up our order, so we are well-stocked for the weekend!
2. Miski Brewing Ancestral quinoa beer
Whistler Brewing Forager Lager
3. Good ol' noboatsonsunday original, and Wild Strawberry - my personal favourites. I even got cheeky and popped the cans on a boat near our parking lot. How convenient!!
4. BASK Wine ZERO SUGAR!!! Whhhaaaat??? I kid you not - if you didn't know, you wouldn't know! Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Rose
5. Heartwood Farm & Cidery Eve Goes Badass - she's got some cayenne pepper sassy attitude in that can. For a more subtle cider, we also have their classic Forest Garden, sweetened with local maple syrup.
6. Microbrasserie Nouvelle-France 's VERY popular (we can't keep it on the shelves!!!) Messagère Rousse Red Ale
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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.
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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Hello snackers!!Back by popular demand... Cretors Popcorn Chicago Mix popcorn! We know you missed it - so many have aske...
06/11/2026

Hello snackers!!

Back by popular demand... Cretors Popcorn Chicago Mix popcorn! We know you missed it - so many have asked for its return 😄 You get the best of both worlds with cheesey goodness and caramel sweetness.

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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Good morning, friends!What a beautiful day!We have recently added Cha's Organics to our baking roster... currently we ha...
06/11/2026

Good morning, friends!
What a beautiful day!

We have recently added Cha's Organics to our baking roster... currently we have their sweetened condensed coconut milk available.
Up your vegan baking game with organic and fair trade pure organic coconut and cane sugar.
Also a great addition to your coffee, drizzled over desserts, zhush up your smoothies, and heated low and slow it makes an amazing caramel.

(Or be like me and accidentally leave it near the south-facing window in your apartment and let the afternoon sun do the slow cooking so it turns into caramel... I kid you not!! It happened to me, lol)

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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Good morning!Since you folks INHALE our croissants (thank you!!) I'm making more. ☺️😄 We've improved the way we make the...
06/09/2026

Good morning!

Since you folks INHALE our croissants (thank you!!) I'm making more. ☺️😄 We've improved the way we make them over the last few years, AND they are twice the size they used to be.

We have both butter, and vegan croissants - and both available as a regular roll up, and a pain au chocolat. They're available frozen for you to bake at home any day, or you can call us 3 hours in advance of when you're going to pick up, and we can bake them for you (minimum of 6).

We also bake them fresh Fridays and Saturdays - first come first served.

AND! We use our left over cuttings to make wee turkey sausage rolls (they can be a bit addictive, so mind how you go on those 😉)

- Jane
TBE Hours
Closed: Mondays
Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
Sat and Sun: 10am - 5pm
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It's that time, folks!Ice cream season!! (Unless you're like me and could indulge 365 days a year...)We have sugar cones...
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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Good morning, friends!Are you a granola person?How do you like your granola?Do you add milk, or snacks right out of the ...
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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Hullooooo, and good morning! has some crackin' good crackers and we've just added their cracked pepper and olive oil cra...
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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Uh oh... oh boy. So, bear with us for the foreseeable future, friends. We have 2 injured arms, and a 3rd person with a b...
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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Wayhey!!This week's snack... sweet and spicy gochujang crunchers! 😃😘 *whispers* if the spicy part puts you off, fear no...
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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Hulloo everyoneIt's that time again... we need those pesky ice packs cluttering up your space! We use them in shipping s...
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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Address

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

Telephone

+16476803490

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