Bakery
- Eric's is ex-Flor baker Helen Evans' own bakery in East Dulwich
Updated 22/3/23 with the opening date
Earlier this year, the end finally came for Flor. It had previously been a restaurant, then carried on the bakery in Bermondsey before they called time on that too. While Flor was running, their head baker Helen Evans picked up a stellar reputation and now she's getting ready to open her own bakery.
Called Eric's Bakery Helen
... - Chestnut Bakery Pimlico
Top bakery and cafe n Pimlico
- Forno, a new bakery from the founder of Ombra, is opening in Hackney
15/3/22 - updated with the opening date
As thoughts increasingly turn to comfort food, take heart in the knowledge there’s a new bakery, deli and pastificio on its way, and it’s all thanks to Ombra head chef and owner Mitshel Ibrahim. Ombra, which opened more than 11 years ago in Hackney, steadily gained an obsessive following for the quality of its Italian food and especially its innovative pivots during
... - Popular Filipino bakery and coffee house Kapihan is coming back to Battersea
Updated 13/1/23 with opening date
When Filipino coffee house and bakery Kapihan closed their doors in Battersea back in October 2021 their departure was met with genuine sadness from the legions of fans they'd built up during their stay there. But, having spent the intervening period travelling and gaining inspiration, the team - consisting of siblings David, Nigel and Rosemary Motley along with
... - The Proof is bringing cakes and a profiterole bar to Dalston
Dalston is getting a brand new bakery as Francesca Strange's The Proof has found a permanent home there for a bakery, coffee shop and dessert bar.
A self-taught baker, The Proof has been delivering amazing-looking puddings (hence their name), cakes, and sweet treats across London, as well as a fairly big focus on profiteroles. Those profiteroles are going to be a big part of the
... - Hachi, a new Japanese bakery from the founders of Maru and Taka, is coming to Notting Hill
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Notting Hill's bakery scene is getting quite the boost. Just days after hearing that Kuro Coffee are opening a Japanese-inspired bakery, comes the news that Hachi will open later in the year. Cravings for Japanese pastries and cakes will soon be
... - Notting Hill’s Kuro Coffee to open a new "Eatery", bakery and wine bar
Updated 18/10/22 with opening date
The Japanese-minimalist vibe of Notting Hill’s Kuro Coffee is capitalising on its popularity in the neighbourhood with the launch of a new Kuro Eatery restaurant and a Kuro Bakery.
It's an expansion of their existing offering on the corner of Hillgate Street, where Kuto Eatery will serve 30 covers for all-day dining, and
... - Good Things sees The Good Egg folk opening a bagel shop in Stokey
Updated 20/9/22 with opening date
N16 residents may have noticed the hoardings going up on Stoke Newington Church Street for a promising-sounding bagel shop. Turns out Good Things is going to be a standalone bagel and deli counter from the folk behind The Good Egg.
As they explained to Hot Dinners, their own love affair with bagels grew during lockdown when their delivery kits kept the business afloat.
... - Holloway Model Bakery sees East Finchley's Margot Bakery expand to Holloway
Updated 31/8/22 with soft launch details
It feels like we're living through a boom period of amazing neighbourhood bakeries opening in London. The next area to get a great bakery landing on their doorstep is Lower Holloway.
Artisan baker Michelle Eshkeri opened Margot Bakery in East Finchley in 2016 and it's since become one of North London's most popular bakeries, winning Michelle plaudits for
... - Arome have opened a new bakery just off Oxford Street
They're big in Covent Garden, but now Arome bakery have unveiled a brand new space, just off Oxford Street.
Mere steps from Selfridges is where you'll find the new Arome and, as before their breads, cakes and pastries are inspired by French patisserie techniques, but using flavours from Singapore, Japan and France. So, alongside loaves of their shokupan Japanese milk bread,
... - Greggs' 24/7 Leicester Square dream is a bust but, on the upside, there's merch coming
We've got a double portion of Greggs news for you today. First, the bad news. Last week the pastry purveyors failed to persuade Westminster Council of the merits of having their flagship Leicester Square store open 24 hours a day.
Worrying that the bakery could be a 'hot spot for late night disturbances and anti-social behaviour' the council called Greggs plans for opening 24/7 'half baked' - we see what they did
... - Frog Bakery opens its doors in Camberwell
Camberwell residents should be hightailing it to Peckham Road where Frog Bakery has just recently opened. Originally run as a popup, before crowdfunding helped them kit out their new site, the bakery is the passion project of two bakers Oliver Costello and Rebecca Spaven. Between them, the duo have an impressive CV having worked for folk like Ottolenghi, Hawksmoor, Bread by Bike and Fortitude Bakehouse, among others.
At
... - Buns From Home open in Covent Garden and the Royal Exchange
It's been a busy old year so far for the folks at Buns From Home. Barely three months after opening their last place, the business which grew out of lockdown has flourished by opening a further two brand new bakeries, in the heart of the West End and the City of London.
The first to throw open its doors was the Buns From Home in Covent Garden where you'll find their signature cinnamon and cardamon
... - Pophams Bakery opens a new site in Victoria Park Village
Updated 5/4/22 with opening date
After expanding to a Hackney restaurant in 2019 that served handmade pasta in the evenings, the exciting news is that a third Pophams site is on the way, this time in Victoria Park Village, announced on Instagram (and initially spotted by Eater).
London’s Pophams Bakery has had a cult-like following ever since the 2017
... - Beaten by a Whisker is Walthamstow's new bakery and cafe
Lucky old Walthamstow is the proud owner of a rather lovely new place to get baked goods from. Beaten by a Whisker is an artisan small-batch bakery which opened its doors just a few weeks back.
The bakery is the culmination of a dream by baker Laura Almond who started out selling cakes from an honesty box in her driveway. From there she began supplying local cafes before opening this place just behind St
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