La Haute Croissanterie Fruit Kiss : Sofitel launches limited-edition croissant collection Fruit Kiss, inspired by fruit, freshness and indulgence.

Sofitel, pioneer of French luxury hospitality, unveils its second limited-edition collection of La Haute Croissanterie, following the success of last year’s La Haute Croissanterie blossoms. Created as a joyful way to treat loved ones and elevate moments of sharing, the new exclusive collection, Fruit Kiss, features ten buttery croissants filled with market-fresh, sun-kissed fruits. Guided by Sofitel’s French Zest and its joyful breakfast ritual, the sweet masterpieces pay homage to the flavors of fruit, with recipes that are filled with freshness, letting the fruit speak for itself. Available this summer, La Haute Croissanterie Fruit Kiss can be enjoyed exclusively worldwide, for three months.

A limited-edition collection, created by Chefs

Behind every golden creation in the La Haute Croissanterie Fruit Kiss collection are several Sofitel Pastry Chefs, transforming the finest ingredients into edible masterpieces that awaken the senses and evoke pure delight. From first-time participating hotels Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo Panama City and Sofitel London St James to returning properties including Sofitel Mexico City Reforma, Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, Sofitel Dubai The Palm and Sofitel Paris Le Scribe Opera, guests are invited to discover a collection of croissants defined by vivid pairings, vibrant fruit flavors and irresistible textural contrasts.

Celebrating freshness, lightness and indulgence in equal measure, each creation is crafted around the meeting of fruit at its peak and the golden crunch of a perfectly laminated croissant - a fleeting encounter designed to offer a more refreshing and natural flavorful experience during the sunny days of the season. Guests can indulge in:

• Raspberry Kiss : The raspberries arrive first, ripe, vivid, entirely themselves. Then basil, folded into the jam while still warm, leaves an herbal trace that reads as both unexpected and completely right. Greek yogurt holds the balance, tangy and cool. A flower of fresh raspberries crowns the creation, finished with gold leaf and three small basil leaves.
• Lemon Kiss: A lemon cream, vivid, precise and uncompromising fills the croissant. Above it, whipped ricotta, airy and fresh, turns the richness of the pastry into something weightless. What reads as simplicity is, in fact, a deliberate editorial choice: the confidence to let two ingredients carry the entire experience.
• Cherry Kiss: A few weeks a year. No more. The cherry’s season is brief by nature, and that brevity is precisely what gives it its force. Here, a rich, glossy compote, deepened by ripeness, is held inside golden pastry that gives way with a clean, satisfying crunch. A creation that does not try to outlast the season. It simply honours it, completely.
  
• Mango Kiss: At the peak of ripeness, laid with deliberate generosity over buttery laminated pastry, the mango here is not a flavor. Borage flowers, the final gesture of a pastry chef who treats every plate as a composition. An edible still life. The kind that disappears before you’ve fully decided to let it.
• Passion Fruit Kiss : Passion Fruit Kiss bursts in bright, tart, and insistent, crashing through the croissant’s golden layers with the vivid energy of a summer morning. What follows is the unexpected: a chantilly infused with fresh vanilla and coriander, herbal and disarming, landing soft where everything else is vivid.
  
• Red Apple Kiss: Slow-cooked with vanilla until luminous and tender and deliberately lightened. This is the French zest in its most refined expression: not the invention of something new, but the transformation of something known into something felt for the very first time.
• Coconut Kiss: [i]In a collection that celebrates intensity and boldness, the coconut brings a luminous, almost meditative freshness. Candied coconut and hand-shaped curls add an artisanal touch that speaks to the care of a Sofitel pastry chef. A moment of tenderness, suspended in the morning light.[/i]
  
• Peach Kiss: [i][i]A Sofitel pastry chef knows there is a precise moment when a peach is exactly as it should be. This croissant is built around that moment and around the discipline required to find it. Poached until velvety and luminous, the fruit rests inside buttery laminated layers with a breath of orange blossom.[/i][/i]
• Apricot Kiss:[i][i] [i]The apricot carries the heat of the season in its skin and this creation does nothing to temper it. A vivid gel, bright and tangy, leads. A vanilla and almond chantilly of extraordinary delicacy follows, dissolving almost on contact. A dried apricot slice rests on top, like a final punctuation mark.[/i][/i][/i]
  
• Fig Kiss:[i][i][i] [i]Figs at the height of their season, slow-cooked until dark and yielding. A mascarpone touch, barely sweetened and impossibly light, follows. Then cinnamon, a sliver of fresh fig, and a touch of gold leaf. [/i][/i][/i][/i]
  

“Creating the Fruit Kiss collection allowed us to bring a new sense of freshness, lightness and indulgence to the guest experience, by celebrating fruit at its peak. With this collection, we wanted each croissant to highlight the true taste of fruit, focusing on clean, natural flavors, balanced textures, and a golden, crisp pastry that supports rather than overpowers the product, resulting in a creation that is both precise and true to its ingredients Fruit Kiss felt like the perfect opportunity to reinterpret the croissant for the sunny season, with a collection that is joyful, generous and simply delicious” said Anne-Cecile Degenne, Corporate Executive Chef of Sofitel and Sofitel Legend.

“With La Haute Croissanterie, Sofitel continues to reinterpret one of the most iconic symbols of French gastronomy with elegance, creativity and French Zest. Following Blossoms, Fruit Kiss opens a new limited-edition chapter - one that celebrates fruit at its peak through a collection that feels fresh, vibrant and sensorial, where vivid flavors and textural contrasts meet the golden perfection of the croissant. Crafted by our Chefs, with inspiration from the French markets, where fresh fruit can be found, each creation offers guests a sensory escape - one that is refined, unexpected and designed to be savoured as a simple yet sublime pleasure.”, said Nicolas Gronier, VP of Marketing, Sofitel & Sofitel Legend.

A unique collection, available worldwide for a limited period

La Haute Croissanterie Fruit Kiss will be available for three months worldwide. Marking the second consecutive year of Sofitel’s limited-edition La Haute Croissanterie collections, with each edition exploring a distinct theme while honouring the elegance and excellence of traditional croissant making.

About Sofitel

A pioneer of French luxury hospitality since 1964, Sofitel today embodies heartfelt and committed luxury with a French zest. A seamless blend of the richness of each local culture and the French joie de vivre, the brand delights travellers who appreciate delicacy and subtle refinement, offering them heartfelt and authentic service. At Sofitel, beauty is in the details: life’s simple pleasures such as gastronomy and sleep are art forms for an incomparable experience.

Sofitel now boasts more than 120 hotels, all elegant and unique, in the world’s most sought-after destinations. Among its most remarkable properties: Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opera, Sofitel London St James, Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk, Sofitel Mexico City Reforma and Sofitel Ambassador Seoul. The brand also offers a selection of heritage luxury hotels under the Sofitel Legend banner, renowned for their timeless elegance and fascinating history, such as Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo Panama City or Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. More recently, the brand also unveiled its first Sofitel Residences, redefining luxury living with prestigious properties that combine elegant design with Sofitel’s renowned service and sophistication.

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