Kosher cream puffs at new French bakery Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By Andy Altman-Ohr | August 22, 2014 “This is not a ‘kosher bakery.’ This is a French bakery that happens to be kosher,” said Laura Athuil, 27, proprietor of Choux, a soon-to-open patisserie in San Francisco. Laura Athuil with her cream puffs photo/facebook-natalie schrik photography Choux will serve 13 different flavors of cream puffs from a little shop at 247 Fillmore St., near the corner of Haight Street. Athuil, a native of France who moved from Paris to San Francisco a year and a half ago, hopes to open before the end of the month, pending two final inspections. Athuil is a member of the Chabad of North Beach community, and not only is her bakery certified kosher by Vaad Hakashrus of Northern California, but it also adheres to Chabad-friendly stricter forms of kosher for dairy (cholev yisroel) and baking (pas yisroel). “I will be the person on-site to turn on the oven,” she said, explaining one of the rules of pas yisroel, that a Jew must turn on the oven. “But, really, this is a French cream puff bakery, and kosher is just something I did to have it accessible to everybody. There is no kosher bakery in the city.” Athuil says each variety of her ornately decorated cream puffs has “its own personality” as well as a name, usually after one of her friends. For more information about the opening date, Athuil’s baking credentials and the shop, visit www.chouxsf.com or follow ChouxSF on Facebook and Twitter. — andy altman-ohr Andy Altman-Ohr Andy Altman-Ohr was J.’s managing editor and Hardly Strictly Bagels columnist until he retired in 2016 to travel and live abroad. He and his wife have a home base in Mexico, where he continues his dalliance with Jewish journalism. Follow @andytheohr Also On J. Small Bites 'Bagel Black Friday' draws big crowds to Boichik Bagels in Berkeley Organic Epicure ‘A complete disaster’: Jewish food businesses crushed by coronavirus Food Israeli owners of local eateries breathing sighs of relief Food After fire, Wise Sons new bagel venture up in the air Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up