After the success of its Gloucester Road site, Bakers & Co is opening a second bakery in Bristol’s Harbourside area.
Opening next month in Cargo 2, the new Bakers & Co follows the successful expansion of its original bakery where, during the first lockdown, the team converted the empty café into a bakery so they could continue to supply bread and pastries direct to their local community.
During lockdown, head baker Brett St Clair experimented with expanding the sourdough range and became dedicated to utilising its flavour-enhancing qualities.
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Since then, sourdough has become their signature ingredient with naturally leavened breads and sweet and savoury pastries made without commercially-made yeast, the speciality at Bakers & Co and the inspiration for the new-look shop at Cargo 2.
All products are made by hand in Bristol. Working with the finest quality of ingredients to craft unique items that are full of favour.
As well as baked goods, they will be selling single origin coffee from Extract and showcasing coffees from other speciality roasteries.
Season + Taste, the company behind Bakers & Co, already has two restaurants based at Cargo, Wapping Wharf, namely Gambas and Cargo Cantina.
Brett St Clair says: “Bakers & Co is all about community, and nothing has reinforced that idea to us more than the past two years.
“Being able to bring people comfort with something as simple as a great cup of coffee or a loaf of sourdough bread has meant a lot to all of us. With Wapping Wharf it’s all about bringing that same sense of community to the harbourside.
“Our product is special because both the bread and pastry are exclusively naturally leavened, completely shunning commercial yeast.
“The pastries are approached with the same focus on flavour as the bread, the bread with the same precision as the pastry.
“Each informs the way we work with the other, so everything is attuned to our philosophy of working with sourdough.
“We're currently developing more savoury Danish varieties, and really looking forward to asparagus season for that. We're also working on our sourdough version of a pop tart, as well as a new soft drinks range all made in house.”
Stuart Hatton, managing director at Umberslade, the developer behind Wapping Wharf, says: “I'm a big fan of Bakers & Co so I am delighted they are opening their second shop at Cargo 2 and look forward to welcoming them to Wapping Wharf. It’s also great to see Season + Taste expanding its presence within the quarter, each time bringing something new and exciting to the mix.
“With Bakers & Co’s focus on artisan baking, locally-sourced ingredients and friendly service, they are the perfect fit with our collection of unique independent businesses, whilst their community focus chimes with our neighbourhood ethos.”
The new shop will be located in Cargo 2, at Wapping Wharf, in the unit formerly home to kitchen specialist Husk, which decided to focus on transforming the old bicycle and timber storage area at its original workshop in Montpelier into its new showroom.
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