Bakery

localfoodadvisor.com lists over 350 artisan bakers including all of the top award winning specialists and general bakeries.

Key things to remember when buying bread, cakes and biscuits include:

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Find a top quality bakery

We can help you find a traditional baker, known for baking from scratch every day, often using traditional stoneground flour and producing specialist and traditional products (see below). Bread is made slowly to allow the flavour to develop and without added preservatives or additives. We list many bakers recommended by Celebrity chefs such as Rick Stein (Food Heroes, Second Edition), Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall (River Cottage Cook Book), Gary Rhodes (Local Food heroes Programme), BBC Great British Menu programme (14 top regional Chefs, 3 series), Mark Hix (British Regional Food)

Find an award winner

Bakeries receive awards from Industry organisations likeThe Guild of Good Food (Great Taste awards), Taste of Britain (Telegraph /Sainsbury) as well as Regional Organisations (Taste of the West, True Taste Wales, deliciouslyyorkshire, NW Fine Food and the Scotland Food and Drink awards).

Look for traditional breads and cakes

(Pull down here and then click on the Orange box to find over 10 wonderful old breads, fifteen types of traditional cake and where to buy them). We also list almost 100 Organically certified bakeries and suppliers of organic bread and cakes.Search for organically certified producers