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WCB on the BBC!

29/10/2017

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​Well, last week was a bit of a whirlwind! After the flurry of publicity following our two Gold Awards in this month’s World Bread Awards, we were invited to join Chris Mann on the Food and Drink Hour at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Chris, Emma and Heather were wonderfully welcoming and genuinely fascinated by the whole bread-making process. It may have helped that I went armed with a basketful of freshly baked bread and buns. Well, it would have been rude not to and we hate to disappoint. It turns out Emma is quite a big fan of our chocolate brioche buns! 

The Food & Drink hour starts about and hour into the show, around the 60 mins mark, if you fancy giving it a listen:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05j7dzh

Who knows, with all that enthusiasm for all things baking, maybe one of the team will be joining us in the near future to find out exactly what goes on in one of our workshops. 
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World Bread Awards 2017

22/10/2017

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Whoop de whoop! Having entered some of our favourite loaves into the World Bread Awards last month, we have had to wait until now and the Awards Ceremony to find out how we fared. Having won Bronze, Silver and Gold awards in 2015 & 2016, the pressure was on!

But we did it! Gold for both our Five Seed Sour and our Scandinavian Rye. The former has been a favourite with our customers from the start (and winner of a Great Taste Award) so we thought it was about time we put it into the World Bread Awards. But the latter, our rich, dark, all-rye sourdough, is relatively new and a particular favourite of mine – not only because it’s a bakery staple for breakfast, lunch and tea, but because it took so very long to develop. Endless tweaking finally paid off, when the taste and texture finally met with the bread I’ve been dreaming of (and yes, I dream endlessly about food, both real and yet-to-be created! Don’t we all?).  

So, perseverance and patience pays off. We all get there in the end. If you came along the journey with us – thank you. Now sit back, put the kettle on, bring out the butter and jam. It’s time for tea…

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Great Taste Awards 2017

1/9/2017

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Thrilled our latest product - our Scandinavian Wild Rye Sourdough - has just received one of the Great Taste Awards from the Guild of Fine Foods.

​Their verdict: "Excellent appearance. Complex...beautifully balanced flavour. Crumb is moist and flavourful, acid tang, long finish. An honest, well-made loaf."
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White Cottage Bakery on 'Meet the Maker' series!

12/1/2017

 
We were delighted to be chosen to feature in the new 'Meet the Maker' series, in a short film produced by global website The Culture Trip!
The accompanying article can be found here and you can watch the video below!
Jon Cook of Fosters Mill at Swaffham Prior - who supplies us with our local, stoneground flour - was also featured in the series: check out 'The Miller's Tale' here!

Review from One Two Culinary Stew

16/11/2016

 
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Pina of One Two Culinary Stew has written a very lovely and very comprehensive review of one of our courses - you can find it here!

Do have a look - it's full of great photos and detail about the day. Pina talks you through our French Bread Making Course from start to finish, documenting her experience at the bakery. We're so glad she had such a wonderful time - thank you so much for the review, Pina!

Going for gold

12/10/2016

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It's all smiles at the bakery this morning - we've just found out our Rustic White has received a Gold at the World Bread Awards! ​So very chuffed!!! And a Bronze award for our Dukkah Sourdough - expect to see more of that!
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Merry September!

7/9/2016

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Schools are back. Harvest's home. Our thoughts turn to the festive season. We loved the Cambridge Foodie's timely article in Eastlife Magazine this month - thanks for including us on your 'festive foodie wishlist'! We'll have to get working on one of our own...
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    Our workshops are run by award-winning sourdough baker Helen Underwood.

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