Le Bon Choix Sunshine Plaza

Le Bon Choix Sunshine Plaza brings the French bakery and patisserie tradition of Le Bon Choix to Maroochydore. The business describes its approach as baking fresh each day, with a range spanning pastries, bread, cakes, savoury pastry, pies and quiches, sandwiches and in-store beverages. It also offers catering built around freshly baked breads, sandwich platters, pastry selections, sweet treats and artisan loaves, making it a practical option for workplace meetings or larger gatherings.

The website’s featured range includes familiar bakery favourites alongside more elaborate patisserie. Named offerings include the Ham & Cheese Croissant, Almond Croissant, Danish Sour Cherry, Hazelnut Éclair, Croque Monsieur and Quiche with Caramelised Onion and Sweet Potato. Bread options include Rye Loaf and Sourdough Olive Loaf, while the cake range includes individual cakes and larger cakes between 18 and 22 centimetres, as well as extra-large 30-centimetre cakes. The venue also promotes a Matcha Collection and a Sweet Potato and Capsicum Soup served with sourdough and ciabatta rolls. Availability can vary in-store, while online orders are prepared for collection from a selected location.

There is a useful distinction between dropping in and ordering ahead. The online shop is intended for planned purchases such as cakes, catering boxes and larger quantities, with click-and-collect rather than delivery. The site says bread, pastry and catering orders generally require advance notice, while some individual and large cakes can be arranged for next-day collection when ordered before the stated cut-off. For a quick coffee or treat, customers are directed towards the cafés and their in-store range. The café atmosphere is presented as lively and welcoming, with a busy team of bakers, pastry chefs and café staff behind the counter.

Le Bon Choix was founded by Savico Basset-Rouge, who trained under pastry chef Laurent Boillon before opening the first Le Bon Choix boulangerie patisserie in Albany Creek in 2004. The business later expanded through South East Queensland, with the founder placing emphasis on traditional flavours, ingredients, preparation and processes. At Sunshine Plaza, the offering should suit a solo stop for something freshly baked, a casual café visit, or anyone planning cakes and catering for a group. Customers seeking gluten-free cakes should note that the website says these are not currently offered because of the bakery’s wheat-based production environment.