A Hong Kong Food Blog Led to London. Calgary Got Crème Cream Puffs.
Before the colourful cream puffs, wedding towers and Calgary storefront, there was a food-obsessed Canadian in Hong Kong discovering what she wanted to do with her life.
October 3, 2026 · By Justin Plosz · Calgary, Alberta · Business · 7 min read read
The dessert that deserved its own bakery
A good cream puff makes a surprisingly convincing argument for paying attention. The shell is light, the filling is generous, and a crunchy topping turns a familiar French pastry into something with a little more personality. At Calgary’s Crème Cream Puffs, that personality can be salted caramel, citrus or a seasonal flavour worth planning a bakery visit around.
The photographs explain the appeal before the first bite: caramel-drizzled puffs, colourful toppings and tall cream puff trees that turn dessert into a centrepiece. But the business is more interesting than a pretty feed. Behind it is chef and founder Carly Kubinec, whose route home to Calgary passed through Hong Kong, a food blog, culinary school in London and a Michelin-starred kitchen.
For people searching for a Calgary bakery with a distinctive signature, this is the useful starting point: Crème is not trying to make every dessert equally central. Choux pastry is the idea that brought the business into focus, and it remains the clearest expression of what Kubinec set out to build.
See Crème Cream Puffs’ original dessert photography on Instagram
Hong Kong changed the question. London supplied the training.
Kubinec’s own account begins well before her bakery. As a child, she loved opening her mother’s cupboards and looking through Ina Garten cookbooks for an after-school baking project. Food and the dinner table were already important parts of her life.
After university, she moved to Hong Kong. The city’s food culture inspired a blog called Dim Sum Diet, originally a way to share what she was eating with friends and family back in Canada. According to her founder story, that project made something clear: she wanted to work in food, not simply write about enjoying it.
About a year later, she went to London to attend Le Cordon Bleu. After completing culinary and pastry training, she worked in a Michelin-starred restaurant. Making cream puffs and gougères was part of her daily work. The technique was classical; the possibilities she began imagining were considerably less restrained.
These are details from Kubinec’s published account, also supported by Calgary Guardian’s February 2025 business interview—not a new interview conducted by PRC. They give the business a genuine backstory without needing an invented overnight-success narrative.
Chef and founder Carly Kubinec in the portrait published on Crème Cream Puffs’ official About page. Photo courtesy of Crème Cream Puffs’ website.
Read Carly Kubinec’s first-person founder story
Back in Calgary, pumpkin spice supplied the first yes
Returning home did not come with a fully settled next job. Kubinec describes experimenting in the kitchen while deciding what to do next. Cream puffs offered a way to combine the technique she had learned with flavours that felt playful, contemporary and approachable.
The first flavour to earn enthusiastic feedback was Pumpkin Spice. In her account, that response helped launch Crème. Calgary Guardian’s interview gives the motivation another useful dimension: in a dessert landscape already full of doughnuts and cupcakes, she wanted cream puffs and choux pastry to have their own spotlight.
Avenue Calgary’s August 2025 profile describes the subsequent progression from making cream puffs at home to supplying local coffee shops and restaurants, and then having a brick-and-mortar storefront. That is a more satisfying story than simply calling a pastry photogenic: a specific skill became a product, the product found customers, and the business gained a place people could visit.
Read Avenue Calgary’s profile of Kubinec and the bakery’s progression
What goes into a Crème cream puff?
The bakery describes its method in unusually useful detail. Handmade choux dough is topped with craquelin—a cookie-like layer that adds a crisp finish. The toppings can vary, including cinnamon, chocolate and vanilla. Inside are small-batch pastry creams, citrus curds and other fillings, with combinations that can involve brownie bites, cookie dough or marshmallow fluff.
That explains why the product is more than a decorated shell. Texture is part of the design: crisp topping, light pastry and a contrasting filling. The brand’s visual identity follows the same logic. Its photographs let the toppings and cross-section-worthy generosity do the work, rather than relying on a generic picture of a bakery counter.
The range goes beyond the signature puff. The official store lists macarons, cookies, cinnamon buns and cakes, alongside cream puff trees. Flavours rotate; a photograph is a look at the bakery’s work, not a promise that the pictured item will be in the case on a particular day. Consult the current menu before making a special trip.
Salted caramel cream puff with caramel drizzle and a textured topping. Product photograph: Crème Cream Puffs. Check the current menu for availability.
Browse Crème’s current menu and dessert collections
A wedding cake alternative that makes the table feel different
Crème’s cream puff trees make the bakery especially relevant to people planning a Calgary wedding, a milestone birthday or a business celebration. Instead of treating every occasion as a reason to order the same conventional cake, the tree gives a dessert table height, texture and a recognisable signature.
The official events page lists regular cream puffs, gluten-free cream puffs, custom flavours, cream puff trees and wedding cakes. It says the team can discuss off-menu flavours, with minimum quantities applying to custom orders. Its tree options include classic crème brûlée and salted caramel combinations, as well as choices drawn from the monthly menu.
For an event, start with the date, number of guests, pickup or delivery needs, and dietary requirements. Ask which flavours are possible for that date and how the dessert should be stored and served. A gluten-free option is not the same as a guarantee about every allergen or cross-contact condition; those details belong in a direct conversation with the bakery.
A tall cream puff tree photographed against a pink background for Crème Cream Puffs’ celebration collection. Photo: Crème Cream Puffs.
Explore Crème’s wedding desserts and cream puff trees
The next chapter: a changing menu, not an invented expansion
The bakery’s public-facing direction is easy to see: a rotating cream puff menu, recurring feature flavours, celebration orders and a storefront that lets people discover the product in person. At the October 3 source check, the website was promoting its October menu and the return of caramel apple crisp cream puffs.
Those are current offerings, not evidence of an announced second location or a national rollout. The sources reviewed did not establish a new-store opening date or a formal expansion plan, so this feature does not invent one. For a small, chef-led business, an evolving menu and a growing role in customers’ celebrations are worth covering on their own terms.
Follow the bakery’s Instagram for the latest visual work and flavour announcements, then use the official ordering pages to confirm what can actually be purchased. That is a useful way to support a business whose appeal depends on detail: enjoy the photographs, but also notice the craft and the person behind them.
Check Crème’s October menu and current ordering options
Visit Crème Cream Puffs in Calgary
**Address:** Unit 2, 5524 1A Street SW, Calgary, Alberta T2H 0E7, near Chinook Centre. **Phone:** 587-429-5846. **Email:** hello@cremecreampuffs.com. **Website:** cremecreampuffs.com. **Instagram:** @cremecreampuffs.
The official contact page lists walk-in and pickup hours of Wednesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Confirm hours, stock and holiday arrangements before visiting. Customers can pre-order online; delivery options and custom-event arrangements should be checked with the bakery.
**Sources and photo credits:** This original PRC business feature draws on Crème’s official founder story, menu, contact and events pages; [Calgary Guardian’s February 17, 2025 interview](https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-business-creme-cream-puffs/); and Avenue Calgary’s August 14, 2025 profile. Sources were checked October 3, 2026. Product photographs and the founder portrait are credited to Crème Cream Puffs’ official channels; the wide hero is an editorial layout of its product photograph, not an AI-generated dessert. Historical photographs do not establish current stock. PRC has not conducted a new interview or claimed that the chef’s bakery itself holds a Michelin star.
Confirm Crème’s address, hours and order enquiries
Key takeaways
- Crème Cream Puffs is a Calgary bakery led by chef and founder Carly Kubinec.
- Kubinec’s published backstory runs from a Hong Kong food blog to Le Cordon Bleu in London and professional kitchen experience.
- Handmade choux dough, crunchy craquelin and small-batch fillings define the bakery’s signature cream puffs.
- Cream puff trees, wedding cakes and custom-event desserts give the business a role in Calgary celebrations.
- The bakery is at Unit 2, 5524 1A Street SW; its public phone number is 587-429-5846.
- Menus and feature flavours change; check the official website and @cremecreampuffs rather than assuming a photographed flavour is available.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Crème Cream Puffs in Calgary?
- Crème Cream Puffs is chef Carly Kubinec’s Calgary bakery, known for seasonal choux pastries, cream puff trees, cakes, cookies and macarons. It offers walk-in shopping and online pre-orders.
- Who owns and founded Crème Cream Puffs?
- Carly Kubinec is publicly identified as the chef and founder. Her path included a food blog in Hong Kong, culinary and pastry training at Le Cordon Bleu in London, and work in a Michelin-starred restaurant before returning to Calgary.
- Where is Crème Cream Puffs located?
- The bakery is at Unit 2, 5524 1A Street SW, Calgary, Alberta T2H 0E7, near Chinook Centre. Its public phone number is 587-429-5846.
- What are Crème Cream Puffs’ walk-in hours?
- At the October 3, 2026 check, the official contact page listed Wednesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Confirm current hours and holiday changes directly before visiting.
- Does Crème make wedding desserts and cream puff trees?
- Yes. Its official events page offers cream puffs, cream puff trees, wedding cakes and custom flavour enquiries. Minimum quantities can apply to custom orders; ask about availability for your date.
- Are gluten-free cream puffs available?
- The events page lists gluten-free cream puffs. Confirm current options, ingredients and cross-contact arrangements directly with the bakery; do not assume every flavour meets every dietary requirement.
- Can I order Crème Cream Puffs online?
- Yes. Use cremecreampuffs.com for current menus and pre-order options. Confirm pickup or delivery arrangements and any custom-order requirements with the bakery.
- Where can I see Crème Cream Puffs’ Instagram pictures?
- The verified business account linked from its official website is @cremecreampuffs. It features dessert photography, flavour announcements and bakery content.
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