Bien Cuit

"If you’re looking for some external motivation to get through your workday, Bien Cuit’s chocolate croissants, blondies, and brownies should provide enough sugar and thrill to help out. The Cobble Hill, Midtown East, and Crown Heights locations of this excellent bakery are open for takeout and delivery. And when your boss gives you a “nice work today” message at 6pm, you can pat your belly and thank the fudgy brownie that knew you could do it all along." - hannah albertine

"Of course the epitome of the caramelized school is Cobble Hill’s Bien Cuit, where the slogan on the sign out front reads “pastry well done.” Though it looks like a wooden paperweight, there could hardly be a more carefully turned-out croissant — the pastry leaves well defined, the thing as symmetrical as a football — and when you nip off the end, the inside is just as perfect. Yet they may be drier than you’d like. $4.75." - Robert Sietsema, Eater Staff

"You can order one of Bien Cuit’s pies for Thanksgiving delivery no matter where you are in the country, as long as you account for 7 shipping days. Otherwise, plan on picking up a chocolate ginger pecan pie or a pumpkin tamarind pie at either the Smith Street or Franklin Street locations in Brooklyn. Find everything you need to know (and some truly exciting images of biscuits) here." - hannah albertine, carina finn koeppicus

Nominee: Zachary Golper, Outstanding Baker

"If you’re looking for some external motivation to get through your workday, Bien Cuit’s chocolate croissants, blondies, and brownies should provide enough sugar and thrill to help out. The Cobble Hill, Midtown East, and Crown Heights locations of this excellent bakery are open for takeout and delivery. And when your boss gives you a “nice work today” message at 6pm, you can pat your belly and thank the fudgy brownie that knew you could do it all along." - Hannah Albertine