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Some Words from Trevor
We have baked bread from our early beginnings, as Fergus says “bread is as vital as your knife and fork in the eating process”. The smell of the bread welcomed the brigade as they came in each morning, the daily process began.
We finally opened the stand alone bakery in November 2010, people asked why we had when we still had so much on our plate with the hotel. well we did not plan the hotel delays and we did know that it really was time to give Justin his own domain and we’d have three locations wanting bread. All’s well that ends well and Justin does indeed have his own bakery, years before he nearly did, at Bread and Wine where folk used B&W as a restaurant right from the beginning, so a restaurant it became. The happy legacy at Smithfield and Spitalfields is the fact that they both have bakery ovens which are great for slow braises, suckling pig and all manner of good things.
Our bakery has been through its proving time now, all bakeries need time to be understood, how the breads will work within the walls and we have found ourselves a part of the happy and vibrant Saturday morning producers open door market that now exists across Maltby and Druid streets. We have struck up firm relationships with retailers and seen our breads now for sale in london shop too.
We remain true to our methodology, working with our hands, sourcing from like minded folk and above all taking the time that all bread truly needs, no compromise.
We are looking forward to all the things that promise this coming year, and remain, as ever, just a little bit, quietly, evangelical!
Trevor
January 2012