A reside worm was allegedly discovered inside meals bought from PAUL bakery in Pune, elevating recent considerations over meals high quality and hygiene. A video shared on social media seems to reveals a worm crawling inside a slice of dessert.
In accordance with a put up on X, the meals was bought from PAUL Bakery at Phoenix Marketcity in Pune’s Viman Nagar space. PAUL Bakery and Cafe claims to supply a “really French informal eating expertise” and has 12 retailers throughout India.
“PAUL bakery merchandise are pathetic,” a buyer wrote on X with a video exhibiting a worm in meals he acquired from PAUL bakery. “Couple of months again I took parcel for dwelling from Paul bakery in Phoenix Mall in Viman Nagar, Pune. And located a worm in It,” he added.
This Paul bakery merchandise are pathetic. Couple of months again I took parcel for dwelling from Paul bakery in phoenix mall viman nagar Pune. And located worm in if pic.twitter.com/nJqcIRgZjD
— vinod tilekar (@vinodbtilekar) August 24, 2026
The video begins by showcasing two plates with a croissant and what seems to be a dessert on them together with PAUL’s takeaway baggage mendacity round. Each gadgets seem to have been partially eaten. The digicam then zooms into the dessert. The shopper is then lifts layers of the dessert, revealing a reside worm inside.
PAUL Bakery had not issued an announcement on the allegation on the time of writing.
The video, although previous, has surfaced on social media now, days after a separate worm-related grievance at a PAUL outlet in Gurugram. A person discovered a live worm in a sandwich on the PAUL restaurant at One Horizon Centre on Gurugram’s Golf Course Highway. The shopper, Sulabh Mathur, had eaten part of the sandwich earlier than he noticed a worm crawling inside his meals.
“We went for breakfast round 11 AM and ordered 6-7 dishes. We have been horrified to seek out A LIVE WORM of their Ceasars Salad! (sic)” the client captioned the video on Instagram. “Extraordinarily disturbing and regarding. Meals hygiene compromised,” he added.
After the put up went viral, Mathur obtained a message from the restaurant administration, searching for to apologise for the “unlucky expertise”. Sharing a screenshot of a dialog with the restaurant administration, Mathur mentioned the eating facility is “making an attempt to apologise and transfer on”.
“Since a lot of you might have additionally shared related experiences at PAUL retailers, it appears they do not take issues severely in any respect and are assured that their outlet will proceed to do enterprise irrespective,” he added and requested folks for his or her opinions and strategies.
(With inputs from Ajinkya Patil)
