Three years ago, in a small apartment kitchen in Vancouver, a craving turned into a business, and a quiet revolution in how people experience bread at home. Alice Couderc and her partner Lucas Navilloz, both originally from France, had just moved to North America when they realized something was missing from their new life: the kind of real bread they’d grown up with. This is the kind of bread you tear open with your hands. It’s bread with a crackling crust and that is tangy, chewy, and deeply fermented. It’s bread that is made simply, with just flour, water, salt, and time.
(Atome Bakery, sponsored) | Alice Couderc and her partner Lucas Navilloz, founders of Atome Bakery
At first, it was just for them. Then, friends asked for a loaf, followed by then friends of friends. Eventually it spiraled into something bigger: Atome Bakery, a company built around the idea that artisan-quality bread should be accessible to everyone, not just those who live near an artisan bakery or have the time to make sourdough from scratch.
Today, Atome Bakery is delivering their signature French-style sourdough bread and pastries, frozen and ready to bake, directly to homes across Western North America. And as of this spring, they’re finally delivering to Utah.
(Atome Bakery, sponsored) | Bake fresh bread from prepared frozen dough in your own oven.
The Secret Is in the (Frozen) Dough
Atome’s approach is different from any bread you’ll find in the grocery freezer aisle. Most frozen breads are parbaked, (meaning partially baked), then frozen, and reheated later. Atome does the opposite. They handcraft their loaves and pastries, ferment the dough slowly over 48 hours, shape and proof them... and then freeze them, before baking.
That means when you bake an Atome sourdough loaf, it bakes fully from raw dough in your own oven. The result? A thick, golden crust. A light, open crumb. That unmistakable sourdough aroma that fills the kitchen.
You don’t need any baking skills or fancy equipment. Every box comes with clear instructions and, if it’s your first order, a custom-designed loaf pan that helps trap steam to mimic a bakery oven at home.
(Atome Bakery, sponsored) | Deliver sourdough bread and pastries right to your door.
What’s in the Box?
Atome Bakery offers a box of frozen, proofed breads and pastries, delivered one-time or regularly through the subscription offering. The subscription is flexible meaning you can pause at anytime. Customers can build their own box or choose a preset option, filled with items like traditional sourdough loaves, French baguettes, flaky croissants and pain au chocolat, brioche, Liège waffles, and more.
All the breads are 100% sourdough and made with organic flour, a short list of clean ingredients, and no preservatives or additives.
How to Order
Ordering is simple: Go to atomebakery.com, click on “build your box” and choose your box size and frequency (one-time or subscription). Then select your favorite items, or let Atome suggest a mix. Check out and receive your box, shipped frozen and insulated with dry ice
If it’s your first time ordering, you’ll get the Atome Pan included with your box, designed to recreate steam-baking conditions in your home oven for the perfect crust.
Once it arrives, simply store everything in your freezer, and bake whenever you want with no thawing, no waiting, and no waste.
(Atome Bakery, sponsored) | Atome Bakery ships bread all over the country.
Now Delivering to Utah
What started as a home-based business has grown into a fast-scaling bakery with 14 employees, over 15,000 boxes shipped, and a loyal community of subscribers across the West Coast, and now, Utah.
“For a long time, people from Utah were emailing us, asking when we’d start shipping there,” says co-founder Alice Couderc. “It was always our dream to make real bread available in places where it’s hard to find. That’s what got us started in the first place.”
Many Utah residents rely on supermarket bread or time-consuming home baking. Atome is offering something in between: the quality of a neighborhood bakery with the convenience of frozen delivery.
“We wanted to give people the joy of warm, fresh bread without the hassle or compromise,” says Lucas Navilloz. “The best compliment we get is when someone says, ‘This reminds me of Paris.’ That’s when we know we’re doing it right.”
(Atome Bakery, sponsored) | You don’t need any baking skills or fancy equipment to have the perfect bread at home.
A Loaf, A Mission
At its core, Atome is more than a bakery. It’s a company with a mission: to reimagine how people access food that’s real, nourishing, and beautiful. The team is made up of newcomers to North America, young people getting their first job experience, and artisans with over a decade of baking expertise.
It’s a business built on heart, crust, and connection, and now, it’s one more reason for Utah homes to smell like fresh bread.