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Apollonia Poilâne (born 1984 in New York City) is an American baker, CEO and gallerist based in Paris, France. She is the eldest daughter of Lionel Poilâne and Irena (IBU) Poilâne and sister of artist Athena Poilâne.
Sep 28, 2019 · Today, Poilâne is helmed by Pierre’s granddaughter Apollonia, who inherited her family’s bread empire at the age of 18 after her parents died in a tragic helicopter accident in 2002....
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Nov 25, 2012 · On November 2, 2002, Apollonia Poilâne sat down at her father’s desk and took over as the C.E.O. of the company that for eight decades has made Paris’s most celebrated bread.
When asked about how to handle her signature four-pound sourdough round, Apollonia Poilâne ’07, third-generation leader of her family’s renowned French bakery, says a bit despairingly that “I’ve seen people cut my bread as if it were cake.” She mimics a full-throttle downward thrust of the knife—which is totally wrong.
Aug 3, 2021 · Learn about acclaimed baker Apollonia Poilâne’s approach to breadmaking and the beginnings of the Poilâne family business in Paris.
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Nov 5, 2019 · Bread is “food for the mind, food for the soul,” baker Apollonia Poilâne says. At only 18, Poilâne, daughter of the famed Parisian baker Lionel Poilâne, took over his world-renowned business. She made that decision within hours of learning of her parents’ tragic death in a 2002 helicopter accident. Now, after nearly two decades of ...
