Investment freshens products

Friday 16th July 2010, 2:30PM BST.

Boulangerie Victor Hugo owner Reda Karim alongside the machine he bought which can produce baguettes in 30 minutes. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0998082)

IN AN effort to ensure that his business produces the freshest baguettes in Guernsey, Reda Karim has invested €60,000 in a new bakery machine.

Imported from France, the Bongard machine reduces the time that it usually takes to produce baguettes, rolls and bread from a typical day-and-a-half to just 30 minutes.

The Boulangerie Victor Hugo owner said it was a terrific piece of equipment – fewer than 70 are in use in France – and would finally ensure that his baguettes were like no others in Guernsey.

‘It’s impossible that anyone else in the Channel Islands will have a machine like this. Firstly, because it’s very new and secondly because it is a massive investment and I’m crazy enough to pay it,’ said Mr Karim.