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Thursday, July 31
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August 9, 2025

Café SAT
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Sugar rush is a luminous interlude where gourmet pleasure becomes an art of living.

Gourmet and Caffeinated Delights!
Sugar rush is a series of festive morning gatherings that celebrate fine pastry and local coffee roasting. The classic coffee & pastry duo is reimagined through the talent of top pastry chefs and roasters.

Four monthly events where guests indulge in the best of Montreal’s specialty coffee and haute pâtisserie, all in a vibrant, dance-friendly atmosphere.

Each edition brings together an exceptional roaster, two local pastry chefs, and musical artists who collaborate to create a truly one-of-a-kind experience. Expect custom creations, irresistible treats, tasting workshops, and fun activities for kids (and grown-ups too).

From 10 AM to 3 PM, it’s a Saturday filled with laughter, dancing, and discovery — where gastronomy becomes a joyful playground for sharing and connection.
To top it off, each event ends with a touch of magic: a giant cake will be created live on-site, with a slice for everyone to enjoy! Every edition features a spectacular, one-of-a-kind creation born from the imagination of the invited chefs and the vibrant world of specialty coffee — perfectly paired with a thoughtfully chosen brew.

Sugar rush challenges its artisans to push flavor boundaries, dare to be creative, and wake the city up in style. It’s a celebration for the curious, the food lovers, the early risers, the families, the coffee enthusiasts… and the music lovers who believe every day should start with a little sugar rush.

Portebleue is a small-batch coffee roaster in Montreal’s Villeray neighborhood, founded by Winnipeg native Tanner Gooding. Inspired by Montreal’s café culture, Tanner focuses on sourcing sustainable, high-quality coffee. Working with ethical importers, Portebleue short-lists green beans from producers all over the world. Each coffee is sample roasted to highlight its best attributes, and selected varieties are roasted to order on a Stronghold hot air roaster. Every roast is closely monitored to ensure consistency and the highest quality possible.

Catherine Lépine-Lafrance was born on a small self-sufficient farm. Between rows of asparagus, on the path to the sugar shack, or while scraping honeycombs, she learned early on what would become the guiding thread of her life: doing things by hand, for the purpose of sharing. After a detour into theatre and electronic arts—pursued in the same spirit—she enrolled in pastry school at the ITHQ, with one clear goal: to open the artisanal candy shop she had always dreamed of. A place to create exploratory sweets, rooted in seasonality and the local landscape, without extravagance, artificial flavors, or over-the-top colorants. It was after an internship with Hirsinger, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France chocolatier-confectioner in the Jura region, that her vision came to life. Over the next 15 years, thousands of kilos of sugar would be transformed with the patience and precision required to bring that dream to fruition. These 15 years of hands-on experience in artisanal confectionery and pastry have built a rich tapestry of knowledge—now ready to be shared.

Christian Campos has always had a passion for the arts, drawing, cooking—and above all, pastry. In 2002, he joined Pâtisserie de Gascogne, where he decided to turn his love of pastry into a career. After graduating from the École hôtelière de Laval in 2004, he began a rich and varied journey through pastry shops, chocolate boutiques, and fine dining restaurants. Trained in prestigious establishments such as Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth and Maison Boulud, he worked alongside top chefs. These standout experiences earned him the title of Pastry Chef of the Year in both 2015 and 2016 from the Société des chefs cuisiniers et pâtissiers du Québec. In 2020, Christian opened Farine & Cacao, a gourmet spot in Montreal dedicated to modern artisanal pastry. His boutique, launched in May 2021, quickly won over lovers of refined sweets. In 2023, he moved the business to a new address in the heart of downtown, on Ontario Street. In 2024, he was awarded La Liste’s Pastry Discovery Gem Award, recognizing his talent and dedication.

Raphaël Creton, owner of La Cave à Manger, grew up above his father’s restaurant in Old Montreal, where he learned the fundamentals of running a restaurant. As he got older, he explored various paths, but eventually discovered a true passion for baking. He honed his skills alongside several pillars of the pastry and bakery world before opening his own establishment. From that vision was born La Cave à Manger, a bakery and wine bar.

Lexis is the founder of the Music Is My Sanctuary collective and the 24 Hours of Vinyl worldwide event series. His various projects have been co-signed by institutions like TED, NPR, Wax Poetics, Red Bull Music Academy, and Boiler Room. His eclectic DJ sets are a staple of the Montreal scene and are widely recognized for always keeping audiences on their toes. He’s shared stages with wide-ranging artists like Thundercat, Gilles Peterson, Badbadnotgood, Nas, Ben UFO to name a few. A huge lover of radio, he has hosted sessions on NTS and Worldwide FM and now hosts a monthly show with Belgium’s Kiosk Radio.
Schedule
August 9, 2025 -
August 9, September 13, October 25
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Free admission
Open to families

6 Pl. du Marché, Montreal, QC H2X 2S6
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