Welcome to our Community Spotlight — every now and then we like to shine a light on a local business worth knowing about. First up: a bakery we can’t stop thinking about.
Yes, you read that right — a dental practice writing about a bakery. Stay with us. Some places are simply too good not to talk about, and this is one of them.
About ten minutes down the hill from our practice, on Alexandra Parade with the ocean just across the road, sits Envie French Bakery. If you have lived on the Sunshine Coast for a while, you almost certainly knew it by its old name: La Petite Souris, the much-loved French patisserie that built a devoted local following over years — the kind of place with a queue out the door on a Saturday morning and pastries still warm in the bag.
Hand-rolled croissants, ready for the oven. Photo: Envie French Bakery
Where it all began for us
Before Sunny Dental Buderim existed — before the name, the signage, any of it — this is where it started. When Louis, Jeremy and Dwi first sat down to plan the practice, they did it right here, at these tables, over coffee and croissants at what was then La Petite Souris. The whole idea of Sunny Dental was talked through over pastry. Every practice has an origin story; ours happens to smell like warm butter and baked almonds.
So this bakery was always going to be special to us. What we did not expect was for it to go through the very same journey we did.
New name, same soul
Earlier this year the bakery changed hands. The team behind Flo’s Creperie — the French crew responsible for many a happy morning in Noosa and Mooloolaba — took over, gave it a fresh name and beautifully clean new signage, and kept the single most important thing exactly where it was: the pastry. Founder Flo Guillemard said he was “honoured to continue their legacy and carry it forward,” and the kitchen is still led by head pastry chef Alexis Belmas, who spent years at La Petite Souris. Same hands, same craft, same buttery magic — now under the Envie banner.
If that story sounds a little familiar, it should — it is more or less our story too. When Buderim Dental Care became Sunny Dental Buderim, we learned firsthand how much thought it takes to rename something a community already knows and trusts, and how you honour what came before while quietly raising the bar. So watching the bakery where we dreamed up our own practice do exactly that, with such class, has been a genuine pleasure. From one renamed local to another: you have done it beautifully.
And we have kept going back. Not long ago the family called in for an assortment of pastries under the new Envie banner — part quality control, part nostalgia. The verdict from the junior review panel? Not a single bite remained. Not one.
What to order
Everything is made by hand, on-site, fresh every day — there is even a dedicated “croissant room” kept at the right temperature for the roughly 25kg of butter they go through each week. It shows. A few of the things locals rave about:
- The almond croissant — the one people drive across the Coast for. Made from fresh croissants rather than day-olds, which is not always the French way, but is very much the Australian demand.
- Tarte au citron — sharp, silky, and just sweet enough.
- The quiches — done seven different ways, and a genuinely good lunch.
- Baguettes, macarons, and the cabinet of little cakes — go with a plan, leave with more than you planned.
The cabinet on any given morning. Photo: Envie French Bakery
One reviewer who had eaten patisserie in France put it plainly: “I can tell you, this is authentic.” Another called visiting “practically like a quick visit to France.” We are inclined to agree.
Their opera cake — coffee, chocolate and patience in every layer. Photo: Envie French Bakery
Go early
The good stuff sells out — that is the reality of a bakery this popular — so the earlier you get there, the better your odds of scoring the last almond croissant. You will find Envie at Unit 105, 98–110 Alexandra Parade, Alexandra Headland, right on the beachfront strip. Check their website or socials for current hours before you head down — they are on Instagram (@envie_frenchbakery) and Facebook, and it is worth the follow for the daily cabinet photos alone.
And yes — we are dentists telling you to go enjoy French pastry. Life is for living. Keep up the brushing, come and see us twice a year, and we will happily call it even.
Congratulations, Envie. The signage looks brilliant, the pastries are as wonderful as ever, and we could not be happier to have you as neighbours.
Are you a patient of ours with a local business you would love to see featured here? Or do you know a Sunshine Coast spot worth shouting about? Let us know — we are always on the lookout for the next Community Spotlight.