Bakery

When burger joint Junk first opened in Soho last year there was a lot of love expressed by fans for its dessert option - cookies from the Parisian bakery Puffy (which is owned by the same restaurant group). Such has been the success of those cookies that they've now decided to open the first London branch of Puffy, next door to Junk.

The cookie shop will serve up seven varieties, ranging from the standard milk and dark

Summer starts early as Ole & Steen reveals its new Summer Social, a launch deal for one day only and special events throughout May. 

Updated 21/4/25 with opening date and more details

A few weeks back, we wrote about how Filipino bakery Panadera was being forced to close in Kentish Town. Owner and co-founder Florence Mae talked then about "operational challenges" but now it transpires that she

If you love the seasonal delights of hot cross buns then now is your time. We've picked some of the best in London along with a selection of hot cross bun-flavoured treats too.

Somewhat out of the blue and with little fanfare, a German bakery and cafe has made its debut in London. Zeit für Brot (translated as "time for bread") has a number of bakeries across Germany. Over here, they've settled in Islington for their first UK opening, taking on a big corner site on the junction between Islington High Street and Pentonville Street in Angel.

A quick visit reveals it to be an

The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the

Reemies, by Reem Abu Samra, started life as a cake delivery business and over the years has found itself a huge following, Now, the first Reemies bakery is getting ready to open.

The cake business started back in 2018 with Reem originally baking cakes in her own flat and gradually expanding to a larger kitchen in Vauxhall and a much bigger business. Over that period she also built up

Last year, eagle-eyed fans of North London cafe group Fink's spotted that they'd taken over a cafe site on Blackstock Road. However, dreams of a new space to sit in were dashed when they revealed they were simply using the space as a prep kitchen. But now their plans have changed. They've just launched a crowdfunder to help them transform the space into a "full-scale bakery. This will allow us to add freshly baked bread and

As one door closes, another opens. And while fans of Forza Win in Camberwell may be reeling from the announcement last week of its imminent closure, the good news is that there's a rather interesting business already lining up to take its place.

Two locals, Jo Lavender and Rob Newlan, are the brains behind hello JoJo and they're all about bringing the feelgood factor to the area. To that end their all day bakery and

If you've never tried a Fastelavn Festival Bun, or are an expat Dane wanting a hit of home, then this month Danish bakers Ole & Steen are the place to go.

A few years back, the boutique group that is KURO in Notting Hill which has a coffee shop and bakery, opened its all-day diner called Kuro Eatery. It seemed a popular enough place, but clearly the duo behind it wanted more so they've closed it and are about to reopen it as a bagel shop. KURO Bagels is going to be serving "high-quality artisan bagels to-go", so it sounds more in the vein of nearby

Having started during lockdown in Crouch End and now with a fully fledged bakery there and in Islington, the North London baker Sophia Handschuh and her husband Jesse Sutton-jones are gearing up to open their third place.

The pair revealed the location of their next bakery in a cryptic post on Instagram, asking followers if they could work out where it was. And it took fans a few hours to track

They're as sure a sign of an area's gentrification as the arrival of a Waitrose or M&S Food store and now the bakery behemoths that are Gail's are expanding to the city's train stations. Last week they opened their first branch in a travel hub, at St Pancras. And they're following that up by opening this week at London Bridge.

Gail's St Pancras is already open and Gail's London Bridge opens on 20

Arriving with impeccable timing to cater to the crush that is going to be Oxford Street over the coming weeks, Japanese baking folk Happy Sky Bakery unveiled their brand new bakery over the weekend. This, their second place, is on Hanway Street which is, as they handily explain "a quiet little street tucked just behind the big Primark near Tottenham Court Road station."

"I can’t promise everything will be

It's been quite the week for new bakeries opening around town and another interesting one that just caught our eye is Sablé. This is one of those businesses that originally started life as a delivery service, but demand has been such that they've now grown into a fully-fledged bakery.

The duo behind the opening are Ratika Arora, a self-taught baker who started baking during lockdown and Andrew Scott, alas not the Hot Priest but a