Gobel

Welcome to our Gobel boutique, a French manufacturer of pastry moulds and tools founded in 1887 by Etienne Gobel in Paris, at a time when the capital was establishing itself as a recognised reference in gastronomy. Quickly outgrowing its Paris workshop on rue du Faubourg du Temple, the house moved to Joué-lès-Tours in 1919, where it still manufactures today. Now one of the flagship brands of the Louis Tellier Group since 2011, Gobel is the reference for professional French pastry moulds, used by bakers, pastry chefs and leading culinary schools.

Gobel's expertise

Gobel has worked bakery metals — tinplate, stainless steel, non-stick — since the late 19th century. The house masters the stamping, crimping and folding of frames and rings to the precise dimensions required by professional pastry.

• Stainless steel frames and rings: standardised dimensions for entremets, opera and vacherin
• Round, sponge and tart moulds: classic French pastry formats
• Sponge boxes and heavy stainless steel pastry sheets
• French manufacturing at Joué-lès-Tours (Indre-et-Loire) since 1919
• Crimped and rolled edges: technical finishes specific to professional bakery

Most popular collections on AZ Boutique

Among the Gobel collections available on AZ Boutique, several ranges address the needs of professional and dedicated home pastry chefs.

• Cadre à opéra: AZ Boutique best-seller — tall rectangular frames for layered entremets and dressed pastries
• Moule à pâté: moulds for pâté en croûte, terrines and charcuterie, classic French cuisine formats
• Forme inox: the broadest range, food-grade stainless rings and moulds in professional format
• Caisse à génoise: deep moulds for large-format sponges and rolled biscuits

Choosing your Gobel moulds

Why choose a Gobel ring for plated pastry work?

Gobel stainless steel rings are produced to the tight dimensional tolerances demanded by professional pastry: an entremets assembled in a Gobel ring unmoulds cleanly and keeps its geometry. The wall height, calibrated for classic recipes (mousse, biscuit, crisp), avoids the need for adjustments during assembly.

What's the difference between an opera frame, an entremets frame and a ring?

The opera frame is rectangular and shallow, designed for layered assembly of opera cake or rolled biscuits. The entremets frame is taller. The round ring is used to plate a single entremets or form a tart. Gobel offers these three families in standardised dimensions that match standard 600×400 mm pastry sheets.

Which Gobel mould coating should I choose for each pastry?

Gobel offers several complementary finishes. Traditional blued tinplate ("blanc bleu") is the historic French pastry standard: it browns crusts well and remains the reference for puff, shortcrust and sweet doughs — grease it before baking. Non-stick moulds make unmoulding easier for cakes, sponges and madeleines, and suit more delicate pastries. Stainless steel, more inert, is preferred for cold-assembly rings and frames (entremets, mousses, rolled biscuits).

Which Gobel mould should I choose to start in pastry?

To start out, a 20 or 24 cm stainless steel tart ring and a rectangular entremets frame from Gobel cover the essentials of classic recipes. The sponge box becomes useful as soon as you start rolled biscuits. The Forme inox range gathers these base formats in reference dimensions.

Gobel on AZ Boutique

Discover the Gobel products on AZ Boutique, mainly in Kitchen utensils and Cookware: rings, frames, pastry moulds and sponge boxes made in Joué-lès-Tours.