About us

Le Chef is one of the country's foremost premier bakeries specializing in high-end, European-style baked goods. With a fine array of decadent desserts, enticing breads, and a comprehensive line of breakfast pastries, frozen-dough, and fresh-baked goods, Le Chef is poised to take the spotlight on the culinary stage.

It All Began In 1983 With A Simple Idea, One Dream, And Big Vision.

Armed with great hope and a profound sense of hard work, the owners of Le Chef launched the bakery from the humble confines of their Los Angeles apartment. Staunchly dedicated to serving first-rate baked goods, Le Chef quickly made its mark on the culinary world. As news spread of the company's superb customer service and its impeccable delicacies, Le Chef's reputation grew along with its customer base. As business exploded, operations were expanded to meet the mounting demand for Le Chef's fine line of quality goods.

Today, Le Chef Maintains A Prominent Presence On The West Coast, With Offices Throughout California, Nevada, And Arizona.

While the bakery has ballooned in size and sales in the quarter century, Le Chef continues to be family-owned and operated, and unwavering in its emphasis on providing customers, vendors, and employees with personalized and customized service. Fair business practices, a longstanding respect for the workforce, and a steadfast allegiance to world-class customer service have earned Le Chef lasting relationships in the industry and a broad client base that includes eminent hotels, food services, convention centers, high-end grocery stores, gourmet restaurants, and culinary distributors.

SQF/AIB Certificates

Since 2016, Le Chef Bakery’s Montebello, California facility has been certified as meeting the rigorous requirements of the safe Quality Food (SQF) Code for Manufacturing of frozen dough bakery pastries, frozen dough cookies, baked pastries and baked cookies. This distinctions is one of the highest barometers in the industry pertaining to food safety and quality and only the most competitive companies attain SQF certification.

Recognized worldwide by retailers and food-service providers, SQF monitors, assesses, and validates food-safety control protocols and effectiveness. The prestigious certification includes random unannounced audits of food manufacturing, packing, and storage and distribution.

Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Point (HACCP)

At Le Chef, We Strive to deliver the highest level of service not only in our food quality, but also in our food safety. Le Chef employs the FDA-approved Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) program, which takes stringent measures to prevent and eliminate hazards in the food production process. The HACCP approach is used at all production stages, including food preparation, packaging, distribution, etc. Our HACCP program has been reviewed and audited by the American Institute of Baking International, which has honored Le Chef Bakery with the Superior rating since 2007.

Minority Business Certification