Bakery

• Moi et Toi is a London meets Paris bakery opening up in Notting Hill's Empire Empire

  

  Now this is a clever idea. If your restaurant is more of a dinner place but you want to make the space pay for itself during the day, then why not team up with a cafe/bakery? That's what Empire Empire's owner Harneet Baweja is about to do. But the restaurateur hasn't chosen just any old bakery to team up with, he's joining forces with Edward Delling Williams, founder of super hip Parisian bistro Le Grand Bain and bakery Le

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• London’s first ever ride-through bakery is coming, thanks to Lime

  

  Hang onto your handlebars, there’s a cycle-through bakery coming to Shoreditch this weekend only. And it’s free!

  Whether you’re a bicycle owner or nay, this pastry-focused pop-up is coming to you courtesy of Lime Bikes (yes, they want to call it a ‘Lime-thru Bakery’), so in addition to free pastries and coffee, you’ll get a complimentary 15-minute ride on a Lime

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• Panadera are opening a second bakery, next to Selfridges

  

  3/9/24 - updated with the opening date

  They're one of the best bakeries in London, so news that Filipino bakery Panadera was expanding was always going to be of interest. Now we know where they're opening their second place - right around the corner from Selfridges. The new home on Picton Place puts

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• Istanbul confectioner Hafiz Mustafa chooses Knightsbridge for its first London store

  

  For over 150 years, the Istanbul sweet and dessert giant Hafiz Mustafa has been a place of pilgrimage for sweet-toothed Turks (and tourists). Now the giant, which has stores all over Turkey and in Dubai is heading to London. They're opening a massive shop in a prime spot opposite Harrods.

  Not only will the shop sell their famous baklava and rock candy, but there will also be room to sit in and

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• Crumb get set for Angel with their NYC style cookies

  

  Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1.

  They're opening in a teeny space on Camden Passage making it more of a cookie hatch than a cafe - but one that also sells coffee to go. The endeavour is the brainchild of baker Amy Gastman who also runs a vegan bakery Eat By Amy after leaving her

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