IZOLA Bakery

Picture a bakery where every customer experience is delightful with amazing food, great hospitality, and elevated service. IZOLA does everything differently, from baking all day long to providing unique customer experiences.Amidst the COVID lockdown in 2020, IZOLA Bakery began bringing European-inspired bread experiences filtered through an American culinary lens. IZOLA is now poised to rock the food world with more than 27 novel flavors of croissants and sourdough bread that push the boundaries of “what a croissant is” with flavors like Bibimbap croissant or Date Shake Croissant and 25 others. The new flavors will be rolled out—2 per month—over the next year. With a passion for hospitality, testing, innovation, and operational excellence, the IZOLA duo, Jeffrey Brown and Jennifer Chen, grew the bakery to be ranked the number one bakery in the U.S. within two years of operations.ivProduct Traction: IZOLA has experienced exponential growth since opening its bakery doors in 2020, largely driven by word-of-mouth advertising from a loyal, enthusiastic community. It generated over $1.6 million in sales in 2023 from just two products— croissants and sourdough – which represents a 130% annual revenue growth rate from 2020.Culinary Innovation: IZOLA’s menu is highly refined, serving only croissants and sourdough. With the vision to turn a bakery into a fine dining experience, distinct flavors, flawless execution, and founders’ unique vision create an unworldly culinary experience.Expansion Plans: To scale operations, IZOLA is developing a state-of-the-art dough factory and bakeshop to serve as a production hub for brick-and-mortar and other expansion channels. This facility is being designed to supply a future network of IZOLA Bread Cafés throughout Southern California and enable expansion into retail and direct-to-consumer channels.

Ranked as Yelp's number one bakery in the U.S. in 2022,i and second in the top spots for croissants in the U.S. in 2023ii, Generated more than $1.6 million in annual revenue in 2023, representing 130% annual growth from its bakery’s launch in 2020, Has received over 1,000 5-star reviews on Yelp from loyal guests who rave about IZOLA’s exceptional quality, warm atmosphere, and outstanding customer serviceiii, IZOLA plans to open a new 5,000 square-foot, 170 seat bakeshop in San Diego in Q2 2024, with unique features like a bake bar where customers can sit at the ovens and talk to the bakers