Dominique Ansel Bakery
Dining · 4+ locations · NYC, Las Vegas
The Cronut made it one of the most-photographed bakeries in the world, and Dominique Ansel never turned that into a chain. He still owns all four shops outright, with no investors. Baker and pastry cook openings list $18 to $20 an hour.
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Dominique Ansel owns the business outright and runs it himself, with no investors, no franchising, and no parent company in the structure. Separately, wages for bakers and pastry cooks sit modestly above New York's legal minimum, and the company publishes no environmental or sourcing information beyond naming the French dairy cooperative behind its butter. Accountability runs to one chef and nobody else.
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