Artisan organic bakery with 43 retail shops, cafés, restaurants and catering in southern Baden
Kaisers Gute Backstube GmbH
Ehrenkirchen · Bad Krozingen · Breisach · Denzlingen · Eimeldingen · Emmendingen · Freiburg · Gundelfingen · Hartheim · Heitersheim · Kirchzarten · LörrachNew on Amplifa
We are Kaiser
Kaisers Gute Backstube is a mid-sized bakery business, family-owned since 1948, headquartered in Ehrenkirchen near Freiburg im Breisgau. The company operates around 43 bakery retail shops in southern Baden, including bakeries with coffee bars, themed cafés and the flagship stores "derKaiser" in Ehrenkirchen and "diekaiserin" in Freiburg with a restaurant and freshly cooked lunch menu. At the Genussmanufaktur (delicacy manufactory) in Ehrenkirchen, breads and fine baked goods are produced, including organic breads with 16 to 48 hours of dough rest, sourdough and ferment pre-doughs, as well as rolls, confectionery and celebration cakes. Since 2020, the entire bread range has been 100% organic (DE-ÖKO-001). The organic grain comes from regional producers and is freshly milled daily in the company's own organic grain mill; ready-made mixes, artificial emulsifiers and chemical dough acidifiers are avoided. In addition to its retail branch business, the company offers catering (party baked goods, canapés, finger food, quiches, minimum order 10 pieces per variety), individual wedding and celebration cakes, and the historic Gasthaus Krone inn in Ehrenkirchen with Baden cuisine and two apartments. The company employs around 520 staff, of whom about 150 are at the Ehrenkirchen site, and trains approximately 35 apprentices.
- Site
- Ehrenkirchen
- Processes
- Bread baking (organic breads, stone oven, 48h dough rest, sourdough/ferment pre-doughs), Grain milling in own mill (fresh daily), Confectionery / cake and fine pastry production (100% customizable, artisanal), Catering production (party baked goods, canapés, finger food, quiches, lye-treated pastries), Fresh hot cuisine / lunch menu (freshly cooked on site), Catering (party baked goods, canapés, finger food, quiches), Celebration cakes and special cakes made to order, Breakfast
- Materials
- Organic flour (regional), Organic grain, Spelt (organic spelt baked goods), Wholegrain (organic wholegrain), Spelt (organic), Wholegrain (organic), Butter, Agar-agar
- Certificates
- EU Organic Regulation organic certification DE-ÖKO-001, Organic certification DE-ÖKO-001 (EU Organic Regulation), Hygiene/quality inspections by a neutral institute
- Founded
- 1948
- Employees
- 520
- Industries
- Bakery/baked goods, Cafés and gastronomy, Catering, Organic food
- 01
Organic grain sourcing from the region
- 02
Daily fresh milling in the company's own organic grain mill
- 03
Dough management (sourdoughs, ferment pre-doughs, 16–48 hours of maturation)
- 04
Baking at the Genussmanufaktur in Ehrenkirchen (including stone oven)
- 05
Refinement in the confectionery (cakes, fine pastries)
- 06
Supply of the retail shops
- 07
Sales in bakeries, cafés and restaurants, catering, online shop
Raw materials and production methods
Organic flour (regional)
Regional organic flour, including from the Grethermühle mill in Sulzburg and the Dachswangerhof farm in Umkirch, the basis of the 100% organic bread range.
Organic grain
Organic grain from regional farmers, freshly milled daily in the company's own mill.
Spelt (organic)
The basis of the organic spelt bakery range in the retail shops.
Wholegrain (organic)
Organic wholegrain for wholegrain breads and wholegrain sourdoughs.
Butter
Fine pastries and plaited/puff pastry items are made with real butter.
Agar-agar
Plant-based cake glaze based on agar-agar for fruit cakes.
Bakery and retail shops
Ehrenkirchen
DEProduction (Genussmanufaktur), administration, derKaiser café & restaurant
- Materials
- Organic grain, organic flour, wholegrain, spelt
- Stone oven
- Own organic grain mill
Ehrenkirchen – Gasthaus Krone
DEGasthaus Krone – restaurant with apartments
Freiburg
DESeveral bakery retail shops with café/coffee bar as well as the diekaiserin restaurants
- Oven (Artisane rolls baked on site)
Bad Krozingen
DEBakeries with café and coffee bar
Lörrach
DEBakeries with café (Café #Organic, @conrad)
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread baking (organic breads, stone oven, 48h dough rest, sourdough/ferment pre-doughs)Other | – | – | – | – | Organic flour, Organic grain, Spelt, Wholegrain |
| Grain milling in own mill (fresh daily)Other | – | – | – | – | Organic grain |
| Confectionery / cake and fine pastry production (100% customizable, artisanal)Other | – | – | – | – | Butter, Agar-agar (plant-based cake glaze) |
| Catering production (party baked goods, canapés, finger food, quiches, lye-treated pastries)Other | – | – | – | 10 pieces per variety | – |
| Fresh hot cuisine / lunch menu (freshly cooked on site)Other | – | – | – | – | – |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone oven | – | – | – | – | Ehrenkirchen |
| Own organic grain mill | – | – | – | – | Ehrenkirchen |
| Oven (Artisane rolls baked on site) | – | – | – | – | various branches |
Additional services
Quality assurance
The company and its products are regularly inspected by an neutral institute for hygiene and quality assurance. The organic products are certified in accordance with the EU Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-001, inspection body BCS-Öko Garantie GmbH).
| Evidence | Ehrenkirchen |
|---|---|
| Organic certification DE-ÖKO-001 (EU Organic Regulation) | |
| Hygiene/quality inspections by a neutral institute |
History since 1948
- 1948
Founding of the bread and fine bakery by Ernst and Frieda Kaiser in Wolfenweiler
- 1979
Waltraud and Wolfgang Kaiser take over the parental business
- 1994
Marktkieker Prize of the baking industry
- 2007
Birgit Kaiser and Gottfried Faller join the management
- 2009
Innovation Prize of the Trade Association of Schallstadt/Ebringen/Pfaffenweiler
- 2013
Feinschmecker award – The Best Bakers in Germany; opening of the Breisach and Denzlingen locations
- 2015
Opening of Café Vogelgezwitscher in Bad Krozingen
- 2016
Opening of diekaiserin at the freight station in Freiburg; takeover of the historic Gasthaus Krone in Ehrenkirchen; BakerMaker Award and Storebook entry
- 2018
Opening of Café LivingArt in Freiburg-Zähringen and Café Wiehrgefühl in Freiburg-Wiehre
- 2020
Conversion of the entire bread range to 100% organic (Ooh Solo Bio); opening of Café Entenschwumm in Eimeldingen
- 2021
Death of Waltraud Kaiser
- 2022
End of Wolfgang Kaiser's era as business developer
- 2025
Wolfgang Kaiser passes away in February