A beautiful, family-run cafe in north Bristol has expanded to a second site after flourishing as a community hotspot over the last seven years. Vintage Birdcage Cakery in Yate has a six-month waiting list for its afternoon teas, with customers even comparing them to the luxury offering in Dubai’s illustrious Burj Khalifa.
Bristol-born Nicole Jones, 46, born in Ipswich first started the business 17 years ago after she turned to baking to keep herself busy while her two daughters were at school, selling homemade cakes to cafes and delis from home. She idolised Mary Berry’s style of baking as well as her passion for family life, something Nicole emulates in her business.
Nicole said: “The ultimate dream was to have my own coffee shop because being a wholesale cake business you don’t get to see people enjoy them and you’re the third party. A unit came up in Yate and we started off very small.”
