WHO WE ARE

We are Quentin and Julien. We've been friends for a long time and have been inseparable since university, when we were roommates and in our various sports clubs! We decided to embark together on a project as crazy as we are: to make organic food more accessible.

It was in October 2016, both young dads, that we decided to quit our jobs and take the plunge into our dream project with the desire to undertake and have a direct and tangible impact on nature and biodiversity.

Strengthened by our previous experiences and more motivated than ever, we put together a team of ten people to open the first shop "The Barn Bio Market" in Etterbeek in May 2017. The feeling in our stomachs quickly turned into overwhelming energy when we saw the many customers gather in front of the shop before the doors opened. That day, we broke our first record: 500 customers in one day!

Le magasin de Saint-Gilles ouvrira ses portes moins de deux ans plus tard, suivi des magasins d’Ixelles et d’Anvers en 2019, Jette en 2020, Vanderkindere en 2021, Auderghem début 2023 et bientôt un nouveau marché à Schaerbeek… toujours avec le même engouement de notre clientèle pour le projet.

Nous sommes fiers, 7 ans plus tard, d’accompagner une équipe de 170 Barners avec qui nous partageons notre passion pour l’alimentation durable et de leur apprendre à aimer, comprendre et partager l’histoire des fabuleux artisans qui se cachent derrière nos produits en magasin.

Every day we try to go further in our collaboration with our Barners and our producers, by encouraging encounters, by organising visits or by proposing to our Barners to get their hands dirty by working in the crops of our market gardeners during the summer.

Chez The Barn, nous avons la conviction d’avoir introduit une nouvelle manière de travailler, en accord avec nos besoins de départ : un parfait mix d’opérationnel et d’intellectuel, un contact client de qualité et des produits qui le sont tout autant.

What about you? Would you like to be part of the adventure?

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