Three hundred metres for bread and cheese
Bread and cheese are the two errands you run most often on holiday, and the ones you research least. In Cannes, the answer fits inside a very short perimeter: around three hundred metres between the Forville market, rue Meynadier and the streets running down to the Old Port. Almost all the addresses that matter are there.
Our view: buy your bread where there is an oven and a name on the shopfront, and your cheese from an affineur, not from the chilled aisle. The price difference with a supermarket is a few euros on a picnic; the difference on the plate is out of all proportion. And go in the morning: in the afternoon the best houses take a break or have sold the essentials.
We have not tested any of these addresses. This is a sourced selection: Cannes Tourist Office listings, official websites, Gault&Millau and directories, checked in October 2026. When two sources contradict each other, we say so. This page complements our fine food notebook, which covers the market and rue Meynadier as a whole.
Seven sourced addresses
N° 01
Bakery · 1 rue Chabaud
Belliard
The Tourist Office listing presents it as a family bakery since 1930, with products made from fresh produce and a takeaway deli counter. The address, 1 rue Chabaud, is a few minutes on foot from the Croisette, the Palais des Festivals and the Old Port: it is the most practical bakery when you are staying in the centre. Hours on record: Monday to Saturday 7am to 8pm, closed on Sunday. One directory gives 7.30am to 7.30pm; either way, no bread here on Sundays.
N° 02
Bakery and pastry · rue Meynadier
Jean-Luc Pelé
Baker, pastry chef and chocolatier, known across the region for his macarons. The house has a shop on rue Meynadier, the pedestrian food street, but sources disagree on the street number (3 or 36 depending on the guide) and the official website was unreachable when we checked: look for the sign on the spot rather than trusting a number. This is the high-end register of the street, with pastry prices to match. For plain bread, one local guide mostly recommends its baguette de tradition.
N° 03
Bakery · 5 rue Venizelos
Fred Maître Boulanger
A short walk from the station, on the town-centre side, a bakery that directories also list as Boulangerie Fred, Compagnon du devoir. Ratings on record range from 4.1 to 4.3 out of 5 depending on the platform, for 200 to 300 reviews, with comments mostly mentioning the viennoiseries and the baguettes. One point to check: the closing day, which sources place sometimes on Saturday, sometimes on Sunday. A glance at the door the day before settles it.
N° 04
Stopgap · 16 rue Jean Jaurès
Le Palais des Pains
Opposite Cannes station, a bakery, pastry and sandwich shop that directories list as open every day from 6am to 8pm. We include it for one precise reason: it is the address for the 7am train and for Sundays, when the others are closed. Public ratings are average, around 3.9 to 4 out of 5 for several hundred reviews, with mixed feedback on the welcome. A convenience bakery, to be used as such.
N° 05
Cheese shop · 22 rue Meynadier
Fromagerie Ceneri
The reference address. The rue Meynadier shop opened on 3 August 1968 and has been handed down from father to son for three generations, according to its official website. Gault&Millau describes it as one of the best-known cheesemongers in the south of France, a supplier to major tables in the region, with a majority of raw-milk cheeses and every region represented. The house advertises a very wide choice of farmhouse and small-production cheeses, and puts together cheese boards. Open Tuesday to Saturday and on Sunday morning, closed on Monday except over the year-end holidays.
N° 06
Cheese shop · 4 rue la Fontaine
The other cheese shop in the centre, and one of the best food ratings in town: 4.9 from around 170 public reviews. Hours on its listing: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 1.30pm and 2.30pm to 6.30pm, closed on Sunday and Monday. It sits away from rue Meynadier, which makes it an alternative when Ceneri is under siege on a Saturday morning. Our entry sets out what we would check on the spot.
N° 07
Cheese and deli · 8 rue des Halles
Le Fromager Gourmet
Right by the Forville market, a cheese shop that Gault&Millau describes as well stocked and extended by a fine food counter: well-aged farmhouse cheeses, mountain-pasture products, a broad choice of goat cheeses, charcuterie. This is the least documented entry on this page: the website given is no longer active and we found no reliable opening hours. We include it because the source is serious and the location ideal, but walk past on a market morning before counting on it.
What we'd skip
What we'd skip: running these errands on a Sunday afternoon or a Monday. Belliard closes on Sunday, FESTIN on Sunday and Monday, Ceneri on Monday and on Sunday afternoon. On Mondays, from September to June, the Forville food market does not run either. Anyone arriving on a Sunday evening stocks up on Tuesday morning, or falls back on the station.
We would also skip buying a cheese board at 4pm in the middle of August and carrying it around until evening. An aged raw-milk cheese tolerates neither the beach nor the boot of a car. Buy it last, ask for suitable wrapping, and for a journey ask for vacuum packing.
Finally, we do not judge a bakery by its pastry window. What matters day to day is the bread: the baguette de tradition, baked on the premises. A spectacular window and unremarkable bread often go together on the busiest streets.
When to go
Before 10am, Tuesday to Saturday. That is the slot when everything is open and the choice is complete. The logical route: the Forville market first (7am to 1pm, Tuesday to Sunday outside summer), then rue Meynadier for cheese and bread, and back along rue Félix Faure. Twenty minutes of walking in total.
The holidays and summer. In December the cheesemongers prepare festive boards: order a few days ahead, and Ceneri then opens on Mondays too. In July and August the market opens every day, but the heat means buying cheese just before heading home. During the Festival, in mid-May, the bakeries in the centre are overrun at lunchtime: go before 9am.
Bakeries and cheese shops in Cannes, common questions
What is the best bakery in Cannes?
There is no official ranking and we have not tested any of them. The two best-documented houses in the centre are Belliard, 1 rue Chabaud, a family bakery since 1930 according to the Tourist Office, and Jean-Luc Pelé, rue Meynadier, baker, pastry chef and chocolatier. Fred Maître Boulanger, 5 rue Venizelos, completes the list on the station side.
Where can you buy cheese in Cannes?
At Fromagerie Ceneri, 22 rue Meynadier, opened in 1968 and described by Gault&Millau as one of the best-known cheesemongers in the south of France. FESTIN, 4 rue la Fontaine, is the other specialist in the centre, rated 4.9 from around 170 public reviews. Le Fromager Gourmet, 8 rue des Halles, is a third lead, to be confirmed on the spot.
Is there a bakery open on Sundays in Cannes?
Belliard is closed on Sundays. Le Palais des Pains, 16 rue Jean Jaurès, opposite the station, is listed by directories as open every day from 6am to 8pm. The Forville market also opens on Sunday mornings, and Ceneri opens on Sunday mornings for cheese.
Can you take cheese home from Cannes by plane or train?
Yes, provided you ask. Cheesemongers generally offer vacuum packing, which limits smells and protects the product for a few hours. Buy on the day you leave, favour pressed cheeses, which travel better than fresh ones, and check your destination country's rules on raw-milk products.
Where are these addresses in relation to the Croisette?
All are less than ten minutes on foot from the Palais des Festivals, on the town side. Rue Meynadier is the pedestrian street parallel to the port, one street back; the Forville market closes its western end. Rue Chabaud and rue Venizelos lie between rue d'Antibes and the station.
IT Digital entrepreneur · Cannes local
2026-10-10 · 7 min read
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