Bakery

• 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.

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• 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

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• 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,

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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• Chestnut Bakery expands to Covent Garden's Floral Street

  

  14/3/22 - updated with opening date

  Six months after taking over the old Dominique Ansel bakery in Belgravia, Chestnut Bakery are at it again. The bakery that's already created a stellar reputation for its breads and pastries is taking over the other Ansel site in Covent Garden.

  If you recall,

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• Fuwa Fuwa bring their Japanese soufflé pancakes to Soho

  

  If you're on Food Tok you'll know that Japanese souffle pancakes are A Big Thing. There are countless videos of the fluffy delights being flipped on the grill before being topped with all manner of sweet delights.

  There are two big players right now on the scene, Hefaure in Chinatown and Fuwa Fuwa at the Brunswick Centre. And now Fuwa Fuwa has moved into town, having opened their second store in the heart of Soho just a few weeks

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• Buns From Home's second bakery is now open in Holland Park

  

  One of London's hottest new bakeries has just opened a new store, in Holland Park, making West Londoners' plans to diet in January utterly futile.

  Buns from Home is the passion project of local baker Barney Goff who started out selling his buns at Portobello Market and delivering them door to door during the lockdown. He then roped in brother Gabriel to the business before the brothers opened their first

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• Toklas brings the Med to the Strand (plus a new bakery too)

  

  Updated 18/11/21 with bakery opening date

  A new Mediterranean restaurant (and bakery) is coming to the Strand, landing at the 180 Strand building (which is also where the latest Soho House is). 

  Toklas' chef, Martyn Lyons, has impressive credentials, having

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• Jolene neighbourhood bakeries to open in Angel, Shoreditch and Hackney

  

  Updated 4/10/21 with opening dates

  Jolene Bakery and its offshoot Big Jo have been a huge success story of the past few years - you only have to see the queues snaking down from both during lockdown to know that.

  They have three new openings planned for this year, two of which they have now opened. The first was in the summer, opening in Shoreditch on Redchurch Street and

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• The Dusty Knuckle are opening a bakery and pizza restaurant on Green Lanes

  

  They've played an immense game during lockdown with their milk float deliveries and more. Now Dalston bakery The Dusty Knuckle have their sights set on a new place on Green Lanes.

• London's best cookie deliveries

  

  Whether you're treating yourself or sending them as a present, these London cookie delivery companies are sending out the best baked goods around.