Better get started on that shopping if you haven’t already! Baked goods, chocolates and candies make “sweet” holiday gifts for anyone left on your list.  That’s precisely why we’re hosting two holiday pop-ups. This Sunday, December 16th from 10am – 2pm (or until sold out) Machine Shop Boulangerie, a South Philly French-inspired bakery, will have fresh breads and pastries for sale at COOK. Then, on Friday, December 21st from 11am – 3pm (or until sold out) we’ll have Aurora Grace Chocolates in to sell fresh pastries as well as chocolates and macarons.

Besides being great gifts, these treats and breads from Machine Shop and Aurora Grace are great additions to any holiday feast, with no kitchen hassle for you! We will be serving hot spiked beverages during each pop-up to get you in the spirit of things while doing some gift shopping (or treating yourself). Speaking of holiday shopping… our 12 Days of COOKmas sale is still underway! Check out below which items are 20% off during each pop-up event and learn more about Machine Shop Boulangerie and Aurora Grace Chocolates.

Katie Lynch and Emily Ridell of Machine Shop Boulangerie will be at COOK showcasing and selling their delicious baked goods. Katie and Emily partnered up to open their own wholesale bakery in the South Philadelphia BOK Building. Each of them bring extensive baking knowledge and experience to the table as well as traditional French techniques. This is apparent in their viennoiserie, Viennese-style baked goods made from a yeast-leavened dough. As Philadelphia natives, Katie and Emily are proud to use grains from Pennsylvania milled in-house, as well as wild yeast from Philadelphia. You can find Machine Shop’s baked goods in a number of local cafes and restaurants, such as Elixr Coffee Roasters, ReAnimator Coffee Roasters, Menagerie, Res Ipsa and more. Luckily for you, this wholesale bakery will be popping up at COOK this Sunday, making these coveted breads and sweets available for purchase direct from Katie and Emily!

Machine Shop Boulangerie will be selling a variety of viennoiserie, breads and pastries including but not limited to the following.

Pastries

• Traditional croissant
• Double chocolate croissant
• Coffee cocoa morning bun
• Kouign amann
• Blood orange poppy danish
• Kale and gouda bun
• Ham and gruyere danish
• Roasted squash harissa danish
• Pecan coffee cake
• Canelé

• Baguette
• Oat bread with cranberry and orange
• Seeded rye

Also joining Machine Shop Boulangerie are their friends at Blind Tiger Coffee. Coffee and pastries, what a pair!

Sunday is also day 7 of our COOKmas sale and given the Machine Shop pop-up, save 20% on all baking items: rolling pins, measuring spoons, terra cotta prep bowl sets, cake stands, Avva keepers, aprons, bread and pastry cookbooks, pastry brushes and oven mitts.

Aurora Grace Chocolates
Friday, December, 21st 11am – 3pm (or until sold out)

Aurora Wold, owner of Aurora Grace Chocolates and master chocolatier, is bringing her delicious and gorgeous creations to COOK.  Aurora uses sustainably sourced chocolate and local, organic ingredients. Aurora’s chocolates are hand-painted, giving them an artisan quality while making each piece unique. Very soon (sometime before Christmas), Aurora Grace Chocolates will open their first brick-and-mortar location at 517 S. 5th Street, so stay tuned! For now, you can head to COOK on Friday, December 21st from 11am to 3pm for Aurora Grace Chocolates’ hand painted chocolates, French macarons, fun Christmas chocolate gifts (ornaments and chocolate trees) and freshly baked pastries.

December 21st is the 12th and FINAL day of our COOKmas sale. Save 20% on all new retail items – basil hydropod, wine corks, chopping boards, long black matches, slate coasters, jiggers, julep strainers, bar spoons, coffee pour over press, spice grinders, salt keepers, utensil bins, dogs and cats glasses, Austin Press soaps, Paddywax candles, salad servers, long coconut spoons, coconut tasting spoons, egg cups, pastry brush and fork, oven mitts, aprons, pot holders, notecards, ceramic guest check trays, bamboo utensil sets, carafes, tote bags and mini bar books. That’s a lotta savings!