What Lavender Bakery & Cafe' does

Lavender Bakery & Cafe' is a private, for-profit bakery and café founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, where it operates a single retail/showroom location. The company's positioning is centered on an authentic patisserie offering, with a product surface that spans daypart pastries and made-to-order custom cakes for events and celebrations. It employs between 51 and 100 staff, a headcount range that implies a combined production-and-retail workforce typical of an established specialty bakery rather than a micro-operator. The business model is straightforward retail food service: in-store sales of pastries and café items to walk-in customers, plus custom cake commissions. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and no pricing model, customer segmentation, distribution channels, or go-to-motion detail is available in the provided data.

There is no evidence in the input of a technology platform, digital channels beyond a website, mobile applications, partnerships, third-party integrations, certifications, or proprietary IP such as patents or trademarks. No management team, ownership structure, funding history, M&A activity, regulatory actions, or restructuring events are documented. Operating geographies beyond the single Berkeley location are unconfirmed. Lavender Bakery & Cafe' therefore presents as a locally concentrated, privately held specialty foods operator with a narrow product line, limited public information footprint, and no disclosed expansion or capital activity.

Name

Lavender Bakery & Cafe'

Website

https://lavenderbakeries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lavender Bakery & Cafe' is a privately held Berkeley, California bakery and café founded in 2018, specializing in an authentic patisserie offering of pastries and made-to-order custom cakes for local walk-in customers and event clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisan Bakery & Cafe

NAICS

Retail Bakeries (311811), Baked Goods Retailers (445291)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Patisseries & Viennoiserie (French-Style) (THAFAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cake Shops & Custom Celebration Cakes (THAFAFAC), Dessert Cafes & Dessert Bars (Sit-Down) (THAFAGAI), Patisseries & Dessert Boutiques (CRAHAGAB)

Keywords

• Artisan pastries
• Custom cakes
• Patisserie products
• Baked goods retail
• Specialty cafe

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Lavender Bakery & Cafe' is a Berkeley-based artisan patisserie that produces and sells exquisite pastries and custom cakes directly to consumers from its retail location. The business combines a bakery operation with a cafe component, focusing on handcrafted, in-house baked goods and made-to-order custom cakes for individual customers and local events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Artisan Pastries

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Starter Bakery: Berkeley artisan bakery and cafe producing pastries, breads, and custom cakes. Comparable neighborhood Berkeley bakery-cafe with similar product mix and customer base.
• Tartine Bakery: Iconic San Francisco patisserie and cafe known for breads, viennoiserie, and pastries with a similar French-influenced approach. Comparable as a Bay Area anchor patisserie with custom cakes, cafe service, and wholesale.
• La Farine Boulangerie Patisserie: Berkeley-based French bakery and cafe offering breads, pastries, and viennoiserie. Directly comparable as a local Berkeley patisserie with cafe seating and artisan baked goods.
• Model Bakery: Multi-location Napa Valley bakery known for English muffins and pastries with a cafe-style service model. Comparable regional patisserie-cafe hybrid with similar craft positioning.
• Crixa Cakes: Berkeley-based patisserie specializing in European-style cakes, tortes, and pastries for celebrations. Comparable as a Berkeley-focused custom cake and patisserie specialist.
• Maison Bleue: Berkeley French-Vietnamese restaurant known for pastries and viennoiserie including croissants. Comparable local Berkeley patisserie-style operator with French credentials.
• Mr. Holmes Bakehouse: San Francisco bakery famous for custom cakes and signature donuts, operating a similar cafe+bakery hybrid with strong custom-order revenue. Comparable premium positioning and cake-focused offering.
• SusieCakes: Multi-location Bay Area-originated bakery specializing in custom celebration cakes, cupcakes, and classic American desserts. Comparable custom-cake franchise model and cafe-style retail.
• Bittersweet Cafe: Berkeley cafe offering pastries, desserts, and light fare in a sit-down setting. Comparable neighborhood cafe with shared dessert/pastry positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Williams Sonoma Bakery (test kitchen / Williams Sonoma branded baked goods): Large specialty food and home brand retailer with adjacent bakery-adjacent product lines through Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the premium food/retail space competing for the same affluent customer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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