See & Be Kitchen
Leaders
- AChrissy TraoreOpen profile
- ABen Salif TraoreOpen profile
Who are we
Artisanal sourdough wholesale bread & croissant franchise
Why we do it
See & Be Kitchen is bridging the market gap between artisanal bread, which offers quality at a small scale, and large-scale production, which often sacrifices quality for scalability. Under the strain of working 100 hours and facing a shortage of employees, the artisan baker finds themselves at a breaking point. Through years of experimentation, we designed a franchise that produces the highest quality bread at a wholesale scale, brings profits, and has happy employees. Unlike facilities that rely on conveyor belts for efficiency, See & Be Kitchen focuses on filling a niche in the market without compromising the artisanal values that define its products.
Product that sells itself
Award-winning bread and croissant recipes perfected through years of experimentation and acclaimed at the International Bread Expo.
Intentional Product & Brand
With meticulous attention to detail and recipes meticulously codified through our FlexiBake software, we streamline the learning and scaling of wholesale bread production, crafting a business with the baker's needs at its core.
Innovation in the Baking Industry
Revolutionizing the bakery sector by redefining codified recipes to create bread and sandwiches that taste exceptional and function perfectly while preserving the traditional hand-done and hand-baked methods.
Intelligent Business Structure & Support
Intelligent business structure and support leverage retail as a counterbalance to wholesale, minimizing waste. Our comprehensive playbook focuses on community outreach—engaging with farmers' markets, maker markets, and restaurants in the first year and pitching to chefs to secure long-term unique accounts for wholesale production.
Thriving Staff
We're fostering a thriving staff by creating a desirable workplace that avoids overwork, embodies community, and redefines the narrative of overnight bakers overworked, treating our staff humanely and addressing challenges through intelligent design.
Production Scale
Our production scale is optimized and scaled, blending industrial efficiency with artisan quality, ensuring a meticulously trained approach even as we grow.
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Franchisee Requirements for See & Be Kitchen
Here is what we are looking for in our operators
Active Operator
We are looking for professional barkers or people who love baking.
Single Location
See & Be Kitchen exclusively grants rights to a single territory. No multi-unit opportunities are available at this time.
Access to Capital
See & Be Kitchen franchise has attainable startup costs and special agreements for lease-to-own for the required baking equipment
Franchise Disclosure Documents
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How much will it cost
- $35,000
- 5.5%
See and Be Kitchen: A Catskills Bakery Built on Love
See & Be Kitchen: A Catskills Bakery Out of a Dream
See and Be Kitchen Is a Bread-Filled Wonderland in the Hudson Valley
SNEAK PEEK! This week we had the opportunity to spend time with new @see_and_be_kitchen Chef Rob, getting inspired by the mind-blowing culinary wonders unlocked by extra virgin olive oil and balsamic.
We are here & have so many goodies for you!!!! Soaps, flowers, bread, veggies, dairy, cutting & charcuterie boards, shirts & so much more at our market!!!!! Here until 1:00!!
We have fresh bread in the store made by See & be Kitchen! We have super seeded Danish style whole grains, wood fired green olive bread with rosemary, and Arborio better white bread wild yeast sourdough. They are absolutely delicious! @see_and_be_kitchen
😄🙏Immense gratitude for such a strong turnout last Sunday!! It was truly a great opening market, almost all our vendors sold out, and we’re looking forward to another one this Sunday. See ya there — and check our website for a full list of this week’s vendors 🥬🫛🥒 thank you @dbl__exposure for the photos!
So excited to be welcomed into the Hudson Valley community by our friends at @see_and_be_kitchen. You can now find our jams at their shop in Cairo. Make sure to stop by for their INCREDIBLE bread, pastries and awesome local grocery section. A true gem 💎
2023 Vendor Announcements: PLEASE welcome @see_and_be_kitchen , the bread + croissant vendor for 2023! See and Be Kitchen is run and founded by Chrissy and Ben Traore. Chrissy is a Chef with food-based business experience, Ben is an amazing Baker who has worked at some of the most prestigious places in NYC, including Bien Cuit, The Dutch, Saraghina, MaPeche, and Corton. Besides sourcing local ingredients – locally milled flours, butter, milk, fruits, vegetables, etc, and working with local farms, they are constantly partnering with local organizations to support their not-for-profit missions and goals. They believe good food should be accessible to all people and that led us to the Second Serving program, which partners with local outreach organizations to give away gift cards to shop in our store. Welcome to the market! See our website for the full 2023 season vendor list.
Tapas dinner this weekend on Saturday, March 2nd, and we still have some seatings at 8pm! $75 includes your dinner, NA drinks, and all the festivities. We’re closing the reservations today, so get your seat in while you can!!
Important news about sports and stuff!!! Snacks. We have the good ones. Carryon.
However you take your turkey, we’ve got you covered next week!!! there are still a few birds to preorder on the website and breads and croissants are also LIVE for preordering!! link in bio. #fromscratch #happythanksgiving #favoriteholiday #gettogether #family #friends #food
We aren’t the cake people or the sweets, but there’s still something really thoughtful about having your favorite baguette in such a cute little heart shape for the Valentines holiday!! We also have the heart-shaped Raspberry Rose croissants all week. Cuddle up with a cutie in your family or a good friend and enjoy some time together! And if you do need sweets, checkout @delightfulbitesbynina — she makes everything from scratch too and is the perfect sweet counterpart to our sourdough!! #smallbusiness #support #happyvalentines #sourdough #realreactions #notstaged #hearts
Big news happening in Cairo, NY! We are excited to partner with @see_and_be_kitchen ... a bakery and provision market that is a true collaboration of people who love food. Owners Chrissy and her husband Ben believe good food should be accessible to all people. Their passion is evident in their delicious fresh baked bread, delecible sandwiches, and the best frozen to go meals in Greene County...including a mean chicken pot pie.