Kitchen Supply Stores in Paris: My Favorites
Last updated: 10 May 2026
One of the things I genuinely love about Paris is the density of specialty shops tucked into certain streets. Nowhere is this more true than the cluster of culinary stores around rue Montmartre and Montorgueil in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements. Within a few minutes’ walk of each other, you have some of the best kitchen supply and baking ingredient shops in the city, the same places that professional chefs and pastry students have been coming to for well over a century.
I visit these regularly, sometimes just to browse and see what is new. If you are setting up a Parisian kitchen or looking for equipment you cannot find anywhere else, add these to your Google Maps before you go.
A Note on the Neighbourhood
All five shops sit within a comfortable ten-minute walk of each other in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements, clustered around Les Halles and the Etienne Marcel metro stop. E. Dehillerin is just around the corner on rue Coquillière, and A. Simon, MORA, G. Detou, and Déco Relief are all within a few minutes of each other along rue Montmartre and Montorgueil.
If you are making a day of it, combine the visit with a walk up rue Montorgueil, one of the best market streets in Paris. Go on a Saturday morning when the cheese stalls, fishmongers, and produce vendors are at their best and the street is busy with locals doing their weekly shop. The whole area around Les Halles has that rare quality of feeling genuinely Parisian rather than tourist-facing, these are working shops that have been supplying the city’s professional kitchens for generations, and you will find yourself shopping alongside chefs and pastry students as often as fellow home cooks.
Give yourself at least two to three hours if you plan to visit all five. It is easy to lose track of time.
E. Dehillerin
E. Dehillerin is my absolute favourite and where I do the majority of my kitchen shopping. This family-owned shop has been a cornerstone of the Parisian culinary scene since 1820, over two centuries of outfitting professional chefs and home cooks from the same location on rue Coquillière. Julia Child shopped here regularly while living in Paris in the early 1950s, and the shop feels largely unchanged from that era. Ancient wooden shelves run floor to ceiling, the aisles are narrow and packed, and items are coded with a number system that references an archaic price catalogue rather than price tags. The organization can feel impenetrable at first, I still get thrown for a loop sometimes, but the staff know exactly where everything is and will help you find what you need. Ask them directly rather than trying to decode the system yourself.
Do not miss the basement. The stock pots down there are the size of small children. You really have to see it for yourself.
One detail that makes E. Dehillerin feel genuinely special: your purchases are still written up by hand, wrapped in brown kraft paper, and sealed with bright yellow tape. Unpacking your bag at home feels like opening a small gift from Paris. It is old-fashioned in the best possible way.
Address:18-20 rue Coquillière, 75001 Paris (1st arrondissement) Metro:Les Halles (RER A) or Etienne Marcel (line 4) Hours:Monday 9am to 12:30pm and 2pm to 6pm, Tuesday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm, closed Sunday Best for:Everything — copper cookware, professional knives, baking moulds, pastry tools, and the things you did not know you needed until you saw them |
A. Simon
A. Simon has been outfitting Paris’s restaurants, hotels, and home kitchens since 1884. It is the kind of shop that serves professionals first and the public second, which means the selection is genuinely serious and the prices are competitive. You will find de Buyer carbon steel pans, Mauviel copper cookware, canele moulds, Le Creuset, Emile Henry, Peugeot pepper mills, professional knives, and an enormous range of tableware including individual Duralex glasses and white bistro porcelaine.
The layout is dense and warehouse-like. Staff are helpful if you ask, and they will assist in English, though a bonjour goes a long way. Check the sale rack near the front. I have found Mauviel pans here at significantly lower prices than anywhere else.
One insider detail: A. Simon was acquired by G. Detou some years ago, which is why you will now find spices, specialty syrups, and ingredients mixed in alongside the cookware, the best of both shops under one roof.
Address: 48-52 rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris (2nd arrondissement) Metro: Sentier (line 3) or Etienne Marcel (line 4) Hours: Monday 1:30pm to 6:30pm, Tuesday to Friday 9am to 6:30pm, Saturday 10am to 6:30pm Best for: Cookware, tableware, professional kitchen equipment, Le Creuset, Emile Henry |
MORA
MORA is A. Simon’s neighbor and complement. Where A. Simon covers the full range of kitchen equipment, MORA leans harder into the pastry and baking side. This is where I go when I need specific baking tins, moulds, piping bags, sprinkles, cake boards, or display boxes. The room immediately to the right as you walk in is dedicated to cake decoration supplies, it is genuinely impressive, with an enormous range of finishes, colors, and formats.
It is a little on the pricier side compared to A. Simon, in my opinion, but the specialist selection is hard to match elsewhere. If you bake seriously, this is your spot. The tart ring prices alone are worth the trip, I found 20cm rings here for around 7 euros, the equivalent of what I was paying four times that for online in the US.
Address: 13 rue Montmartre, 75001 Paris (1st arrondissement) Metro: Etienne Marcel (line 4) or Les Halles (RER A) Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6:30pm, closed Sunday Best for: Pastry moulds, cake tins, piping equipment, sprinkles, decorating supplies, silicone moulds |
G. Detou
G. Detou is technically a grocery shop but it is unlike any grocery shop you have been to. Since 1951, it has been stocking the ingredients that professional bakers and home cooks cannot find at a regular supermarché: Valrhona chocolate by the kilo, vanilla beans, candied peel, praline paste, pistachio paste, rose water, natural food colorings, gelatin sheets, almond flour, and specialty sugars. There is also a good selection of savory ingredients, oils, spices, condiments, in the second shop focused on the savory side.
The team genuinely knows their products and will give you advice if you ask. It can feel cramped at busy times but it is worth it. This is an absolute must if you bake anything that requires specialist ingredients. And the prices, especially on bulk items, are considerably lower than what you would find in a supermarket or specialist online retailer.
Address: 58 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris (2nd arrondissement) Metro: Etienne Marcel (line 4) or Les Halles (RER A) Hours: Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 6:30pm, closed Sunday Best for: Valrhona chocolate, vanilla, specialty baking ingredients, praline paste, candied fruit, spices |
Deco Relief
Deco Relief is the most specialist of the five, it is aimed squarely at pastry chefs and serious home bakers rather than general cooks. There are two locations a short walk apart, and I recommend visiting both because the stock is slightly different between them. The Montorgueil location is my favorite.
What sets Deco Relief apart is the depth of the decorating and finishing supplies: professional cake moulds, buche de Noël moulds, birthday candles, edible decorations, fondant tools, chocolate moulds, and a serious range of pastry components you simply cannot find in a regular shop. If you are working at a high level with pastry or chocolate, this is essential.
Location 1 (my favourite): 9 rue Montorgueil, 75001 Paris (1st arrondissement) Location 2: 6 rue Montmartre, 75001 Paris (1st arrondissement) Metro: Etienne Marcel (line 4) or Sentier (line 3) Hours: Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm Best for: Cake moulds, decorating supplies, edible finishes, chocolate moulds, buche moulds, professional pastry tools |
Planning Your Visit
- Go on a weekday morning if you want to browse in relative peace. Saturday afternoons in particular can be busy, especially near Montorgueil.
- Bring a tote bag. These shops do not always provide bags and you will almost certainly buy more than you planned.
- Check what is on sale at A. Simon before buying at full price elsewhere. The markdowns on professional cookware are often significant.
- Combine the four shops in one trip. They are all within a 10-minute walk of each other and the neighborhood, Montorgueil and the surrounding streets, is worth exploring beyond the shops.
- Tax refund: A. Simon offers tax refunds for international visitors. Ask at the till and make sure to get the necessary forms during your purchase.
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