Nicolas Stohrer, the personal pastry chef to King Louis XV, invented the legendary rum baba within these walls—a culinary heritage that has defined this site since 1730.

Stohrer is the oldest pâtisserie in Paris, founded in 1730 by Nicolas Stohrer, who was King Louis XV’s pastry chef. Located at 51 Rue Montorgueil in the 2nd arrondissement, it is renowned for classic French pastries such as the rum baba (invented by Nicolas Stohrer), puits d’amour, and traditional religieuses.
 
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Nicolas Stohrer invented the rum baba, inspired by a dry kouglof cake soaked first in wine, then rum, which became a legendary French dessert.