Cantoast Bakery are bringing their Asian inspired baked goods to Marylebone

Updated 8/4/26 with opening date

If there's one thing we love here at Hot Dinners, it's a new Chinese or Japanese bakery. So we're delighted to bring you news of a hot new opening coming to Marylebone soon. Cantoast Bakery have been popping up all over London for the past couple of years. Behind the bakery is talented baker Haydon Wong, whose CV includes time spent at Bao, as a research and development chef at Dumpling Shack and, most recently, as a baker at Forno in Hackney. He's joined by pastry chef Natalie Tj, who's worked at the Hotel Lutetia in Paris and Arome in London. 

Finding a permanent bakery home has always been the dream, and thanks to a new Westminster Council initiative, Haydon and Natalie have been given a helping hand as part of the council's Meanwhile On project. As they explain it, "the project was set up to provide upcoming brands with access to underused shops," and it includes relief on business rates, budget for store design, and support from project delivery partner Someday Studios. Frankly, it sounds like just the kind of thing more London councils should be doing across the city to support fledgling hospitality businesses.

To that end, they'll be taking over a site just off the Edgware Road for the next six months. The bakery will also be a cafe serving up coffee. Their USP was always their French toast offering using their own milk bread that they then pair with a variety of Asian flavours. Think pandan coconut, golden salted egg and black sesame.

But although those are the baked goods they're best known for, they're hoping to woo visitors in with a whole load of new bakes instead. So you'll find honey toast, salt breads and bolo buns. And while they're serving up the new bakes, they're putting the French toast on hold to start with. That does seem an odd idea, "like a BBQ place opening but they’ve only got sides", said one disappointed fan. But never fear, they have promised that the French toast will return soon.