Croissant Supplier in Dubai: Five Croissants for Cafés and Offices

Farah Bakery supplies businesses in Dubai as well as households, and cafés and offices can order our croissants. We bake five croissants to order in our Dubai Silicon Oasis kitchen: the plain butter Croissant and the Chocolate, Cookie, Almond Cream and Pistachio Croissants, at 14 to 19 AED each in our online shop. For regular supply, the quantities, delivery days, notice and pricing are agreed when you get in touch, and our product list for businesses is on the wholesale page.

This page is for whoever buys the pastries for a café, an office pantry or a breakfast meeting. For the broader questions to put to any bakery before a supply deal, see our guide to choosing a wholesale bakery supplier in Dubai.

Which croissants does Farah bake?

All five are built on the same laminated butter croissant: a yeasted dough wrapped around a high-fat European-style butter and given three single folds, for 27 butter layers. The prices below are our online shop's, per pastry.

• Croissant, 14 AED. The plain butter croissant, made with premium butter and layered by hand. Nothing hides a lamination fault in it, so it is the one we judge every batch by, and the fairest one to judge us by. Our croissant guide explains how to read its cross-section.
• Chocolate Croissant, 16 AED. A croissant baked on its own, then dipped in tempered dark chocolate once it has cooled, rather than a pain au chocolat with batons baked inside. The chocolate croissant guide explains the difference.
• Cookie Croissant, 16 AED. Baked twice: first alone at full heat so the layers lift, then topped with cookie dough and returned to a cooler oven, for a crisp cookie lid over a flaky interior. See why it goes through the oven twice.
• Almond Cream Croissant, 18 AED. A finished croissant brushed with syrup, filled with frangipane, topped with toasted almonds and baked a second time, so it eats denser and sweeter than the plain one. More in our almond croissant guide.
• Pistachio Croissant, 19 AED. Filled with creamy pistachio paste and finished with crushed pistachios and a light glaze. Our pistachio croissant guide covers what a good filling should taste of.

The wholesale page lists these croissants alongside the rest of our range for business buyers, without prices: what regular supply costs is agreed when you get in touch.

Which croissant suits a café, and which suits an office?

Once they leave the oven, the five behave differently, and that matters more to a business than to a household.

For a café. The plain Croissant is the fairest test of a café's pastry, because there is nothing on it to hide behind. The Chocolate Croissant holds up longest over a few hours: its chocolate goes on after baking, so it never wets the layers, and the shatter underneath lasts longer. The Cookie Croissant is much less forgiving of sitting than the plain one, because its sugary topping draws moisture from humid air and from the pastry beneath it, and turns tacky within hours. The Pistachio Croissant is for eating the day it arrives, because pistachio oil stays fluid at room temperature and seeps into the layers over a few hours.

For an office table. A well-laminated croissant sheds flakes, so croissants belong on a side table away from keyboards. The Almond Cream Croissant is richer and more filling than the plain one, and many people find it works better as a single treat than as part of a larger spread. Put the almond and pistachio croissants on a separate nut plate with their own tongs, and label each plate. Our guide to office breakfast catering in Dubai covers headcount, timing and labels for a whole breakfast.

Allergens. The almond and pistachio croissants contain nuts, and all five are made with wheat flour and butter. Our kitchen handles wheat, gluten, eggs, dairy, nuts, peanuts, soy, sesame and seeds, and we cannot guarantee any item is free from traces of these. If you serve our croissants to customers or colleagues with allergies, ask us before you order, and do not rely on a product description alone.

How do lamination and baking to order affect supply?

A croissant cannot be made on the morning it is needed. The dough rests cold overnight before it is laminated. The butter has to sit at roughly 14 to 16°C to roll into continuous sheets, and the dough goes back into the fridge for 30 to 45 minutes between each of the three folds. The shaped croissants are held cold overnight, then prove for two to three hours before a bake of 16 to 18 minutes.

In Dubai that work needs a genuinely refrigerated room, because butter loses its structure within minutes in a hot kitchen. The schedule is set by the fridge rather than the clock: croissants prove in the early hours and bake before the day gets hot.

We bake to order, each morning, for the day an order is due, rather than baking speculative batches and selling them down. For a buyer, that means your croissants are made for your order, and the quantity has to be planned into a bake that starts well before the morning it comes out of the oven. It also means extra volume is a scheduling question, more dough and more oven slots, rather than a forecasting one.

The workable arrangement is a predictable standing volume with a small agreed margin for busier weeks. How much notice we need, which days we deliver and how the number can change are agreed when you get in touch. On our online shop, the earliest delivery window is the next morning.

How do you keep delivered croissants crisp in Dubai?

Humidity is what softens a croissant here: summer air moves into a crisp shell and softens it within an hour or two, so what happens after delivery shows on the plate.

• Unpack on arrival and keep them in paper. A sealed plastic box traps moisture and turns the crust leathery.
• Keep them out of the fridge. Cold stales the crumb faster than room temperature, and a chilled chocolate croissant carried into humid air collects condensation that dries to a dull grey bloom.
• Keep them out of heat too. A dipped croissant left in a hot car for twenty minutes loses its temper and streaks. Name someone to receive the delivery, because fresh pastry cannot be left at a service entrance in a Dubai summer.
• Revive with dry heat, never a microwave. A plain croissant that has softened needs five to six minutes at 160 to 170°C. The dipped, glazed and cookie-topped ones each need their own settings, which the product guides above set out.

How do you start buying croissants from Farah?

Place a trial order through the shop. It shows you the product at your own address before anyone commits. Under our online shop's terms there is no minimum order, delivery is a flat 20 AED below 150 AED and free from 150 AED, counted before any discount code, and the earliest delivery window is the next morning. At checkout, tick the business box and add the company name. Payment is through PayPal, where a card usually works without a PayPal account, and AED prices are settled in US dollars. At shop prices, one of each croissant comes to 83 AED, and two of each come to 166 AED, which clears the free delivery mark.

Tell us what regular supply looks like. When you contact us, say which croissants, roughly how many, which days, where they are delivered and who receives them. Pricing, notice and delivery days are agreed from there. We would rather start with a short trial at real volume than with a tasting: a tasting shows whether the croissant is good, while two weeks of real deliveries show whether the supply is.

For a one-off breakfast or event, use the events form. If croissants are for a client morning, an offsite or a brand event rather than regular supply, send the details through the Bring Farah to your event form, and we reply within one working day.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Farah Bakery supply croissants to cafés and offices in Dubai?

Yes. We bake in Dubai Silicon Oasis and supply businesses as well as households. Our product list for businesses is on the wholesale page, and the quantities, delivery days, notice and pricing for regular supply are agreed when you get in touch through our contact page.

How much are Farah's croissants?

In our online shop, the Croissant is 14 AED, the Chocolate Croissant and Cookie Croissant are 16 AED each, the Almond Cream Croissant is 18 AED and the Pistachio Croissant is 19 AED, per pastry. Pricing for regular supply is agreed when you contact us.

How much notice do you need for a croissant order?

In the online shop, the earliest delivery window is the next morning. For regular supply, agree the notice with us: croissant dough rests cold overnight before lamination and the shaped croissants are held cold overnight before baking, so every order has to be planned into a bake in advance.

Which croissant holds up longest after delivery?

The Chocolate Croissant, because its tempered chocolate goes on after baking and never wets the layers. The Cookie Croissant is much less forgiving, because its sugary topping draws moisture from humid air. Keep all five in paper, at room temperature and out of the fridge.

Can we try your croissants before agreeing regular supply?

Yes, and we recommend it. Place an order through the online shop first, where there is no minimum order and delivery is free from 150 AED. Then talk to us about a short trial at real volume, which tells both sides far more than a tasting does.

Order a trial box or talk to us about supply

Start with a box from the shop: a Croissant at 14 AED to judge the lamination, plus whichever of the Chocolate, Cookie, Almond Cream and Pistachio croissants you would serve. Then get in touch about regular supply, or see the business range on our wholesale page.