First look: Baked, the new French patisserie from the Les Bistronomes team

Could there be a more extreme transformation? A cafe on Mort Street has had a complete turnaround, changing from a paleo cafe to a French patisserie.​

Baked is the new bakery slash French patisserie from Clement Chauvin and Abel Bariller, who own French bistro Les Bistronomes in Braddon.

The duo had customers often ask about their bread and baked products, and when the spot just across the road from them, formerly Tallow and Thyme paleo cafe, became available, they decided to jump on it.

"Clement just wanted to do some baking and I said, 'let's do it, let's get baking'," said Bariller.

They initially toyed with the idea of focussing on bagels, but neither was completely sold on it.

Instead, meet the "bragel" – their hybrid between a bagel and brioche. The creations are ring-shaped, much fluffier than a bagel, and a whole lot more buttery.

"That's the French in us," laughs Bariller.

"We can make any flavours or any colour. And we sell them individually or we do them with some fresh organic fillings, using the same products like we use at the restaurant."

Toppings range from the 'hell's kitchen' – a chilli flake bragel with smoky bacon, fried egg, avocado, lime and sriracha, to 'the Waldorf' – a walnut bragel with blue cheese, witlof, pear and honey balsamic dressing, or the 'Oopa Gangnam Style' bragel loaded with pork belly, kimchi and coriander mayo.

Chauvin has even managed to perfect the gluten free bragel.

For those with a sweet tooth, there will be plenty of treats coming out of the kitchen, such as chouquettes, a French style of profiterole, filled with a variety of flavoured fillings.

With his background as a sommelier, Bariller got creative with a full mocktail menu, as well as coffee, shakes, smoothies, and juices cold-pressed on site.

For now, there is an interesting selection of non-alcoholic beer and cider. But the plan is to get a liquor license and open Friday and Saturday nights, for what Bariller calls, "bragel burgers and beers".

Open Mon-Fri 7am-3pm; Sat-Sun 7am-4pm.

Baked is at 44/38 Mort Street, Braddon