Your local microbakery
I am proud to share my passion for proper bread by offering tasty, fresh, artisan bread for sale to the local communities around the Grayshott and Haslemere areas.
All the baking takes place in my home microbakery in Bramshott Chase, on the Surrey-Hampshire border.
The regular breads available include French-style baguettes, Gruyere and Pecorino cheese straws, wholemeal seeded loaf, and spelt loaf. My famous cinnamon rolls are always available to order on Saturdays and Sundays. Please view my product list and online ordering facility here.
I am also happy to provide bespoke orders for events, parties, or other occasions.
Bread and other sweet items are available to order daily EXCEPT Mondays, and can be collected the following day from my home in Bramshott Chase, or I offer a delivery service within five miles of GU26 6DG for a small charge.
Flour, water, starter, yeast
Each bread is handmade by me using traditional French recipes and artisan methods. I only use French flour, which is much softer than the British and Canadian wheats most commonly used in the UK. French wheat contains less protein and less gluten, resulting in a softer crumb and larger air pockets, and a delicious chewy texture.
Although all the recipes I use do contain a cultivated sourdough starter (levain), I use the French method of adding a small amount of yeast to all doughs too. This is common practice with French breads, as it makes the bread more complex and flavourful, and eliminates the very sour flavour of breads made only with a sourdough culture. I therefore do not advertise my bread as “pure sourdough”; however, it is complex, flavourful, and utterly delicious!
Because of the softness of French flour, the bread does go stale a lot quicker than bread made with British or Canadian flour, so it is advisable to order it for the day you need it. It does make great toast the next day, though!
