Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (born 1945)

Lionel Poilâne

French baker (1945–2002)

Lionel Poilâne was a French baker and entrepreneur whose commitment to crafting quality bread earned him worldwide renown. His father, Pierre Poilâne started a baking business in 1932, creating bread using stone-ground flour, natural fermentation and a wood-fired oven. Lionel…