As a young boy in Peru our father, Jose Gabriel Diaz, learned to make bread in our grandfather’s bakery and this is where his passion for baking began. When he got older, seeking a better opportunity, he moved as a young man to Miami in 1972 and helped open the first French bread bakery in Miami. Essentially, our father alongside with the owner of Alexander Bakery were the pioneers in bringing French bread to Miami. At the time they were located in downtown Miami and sold their infamous French bread to local consumers and local restaurants. As years passed, our father’s ambition grew of finally starting his own bakery. In 1981, equipped with everything he had learned he finally made his dream come true and opened Le Fournil Bakery. The word fournil is an old french word that means “bakehouse” and it’s exactly what we were and are still today for our community.

In the beginning when our father began the bakery he was the bread maker, the baker, the salesman and the delivery guy. Through hard work and dedication the bakery continued to grow and acquire more wholesale customers and also more employees to help aid in this growth. Eventually the bakery would outgrow the original space and the decision to purchase a land and build our current building was inevitable. This vision became a reality when Le Fournil Bakery’s new building, in the Westchester area, was opened to the public and for service in 1986. This building is still where the bakery operates today.

Today, with our father’s passion and our family’s dedication to making the best tasting French bread we are proud and grateful to be able to continue to serve our community for over 40 years. The devotion to our customer’s satisfaction has been the driving force to our success. We thank all our customers for your continued patronage and hope to continue to be able serve you for many more years to come.