Cookies

A full 135 years after their first cookie store opened in Chicago, followed by a slew of Paris openings in the 80s onwards, the Chicago/Paris chain Laura Todd is finally getting around to opening their first London store.

Gloucester Road tube station is the site they've chosen for their entry into the London bakery scene and they'll be opening in the actual listed station building itself.

If you haven't tried their cookies in France or Belgium before, then this is rather an upmarket offering with raw sugar, free range eggs, Patissier butter from Normandie, traditional

If there's one place that London effortlessly outflanks Paris, it's the train station experience at St Pancras as opposed to the Gare du Nord. Now commuters have one more place to add to the slew of food and drink places to try there. EL&N have long had a rather cute-looking cafe at the station. And they're choosing St Pancras to be the first place to launch their new cookie brand, Crumbs by EL&N.

The

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

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

A cafe selling some of London's best cookies has recently opened somewhat under the radar in Notting Hill. Yes, there's a second Creme in London. 

If you've ever wandered past the Soho outpost, you'll definitely have noticed the queues for their gooey cookies at peak times. The Notting Hill cafe looks a tiny bit larger than the Soho original and it'll still serve the same warm

Artisan cookie purveyors Creme London in Soho have become something of an Instagram sensation since they launched, just under a year ago. They make huge gooey cookies, created by Michelin-trained executive chef Jeremy Coste, that you may well have seen people tearing apart in your feed. But if you didn't manage to make it down before lockdown and aren't heading into Soho yet - they're now delivering to

Blondies Kitchen have been popping up in the food hall at Selfridges serving up all manner of cookie treats but they've clearly been very popular indeed as they've grabbed themselves a permanent spot. And while you'll still see some of the classics making an appearance (including salted dark chocolate and coconut cookie dough) - it's given them a chance for a lot more specials too. On the list will be these new

Possibly the most perfect winter pop-up is heading to Old Street station from October. Blondies Kitchen Milk and Cookie Pop-Up Bar will combine the gooiest cookies with a range of special milk for the ultimate comfort food. Cookies on offer are:

• Classic - milk choc chip 
• Double Chocolate Tahini 
• Gluten Who? – peanut butter oats 
• Oreo Stuffed Nutella 
• Cookie Dough