How to tell if your bread is from a REAL Bakery or not

Bridge Baker is proud to be part of the Real Bread Campaign, promoting Great Bread, made the way it’s supposed to be, with only the best natural ingredients and no nasties.

Is your bread from a ‘REAL’ BAKERY?

Ask these questions from the place you buy your baked goods and find out.

1. Can they give you  fresh yeast, or even better, some starter?

if they don’t have any, that tells you everything!

2. Ask when the bread was made?

All Bridge Baker bread is made and baked early morning on the day of sale, so you know it’s absolutely fresh.

3. Ask where the bread was made?

All of our bread is made from start to finish in house, on-site.

4. Ask if the breakfast pastries have any additives or dough conditioners.

Several so-called ‘artisan’ bakeries and chains use these.. despite them being chemical additives. We NEVER do.

Is it SOUR-DOUGH or SOUR FAUX!?

The term “Sourdough” is not currently protected, so any bread can be called Sourdough, no matter how it is made.

Supermarkets often add yeast, vegetable oils, soya, rice flours and ascorbic acid. These help to make the bread rise faster, last longer on the shelf and speed up the cooking process, so a supermarket can produce their bread at a far faster rate than genuine sourdough.

Most supermarkets sell ‘Sourdough’ (or should we call it Sour-faux?) for around £1.95 for a 400g loaf.  Here at Bridge Baker, we bake genuine sourdough  in time-honoured ways, for £4.95 for a large 900g loaf.. Not that different when you take into account the size of the bread, which is baked fresh overnight on-site.

As well as providing a real boost to local economies, and creating highly-skilled jobs, Real Bread bakeries can provide places of social interaction for local people.

Bridge Baker is a supporter of the Real Bread Campaign and you can find out much more about their work at their website

There’s no waste with Bridge Baker Loaves

There’s no need to worry about wasting any of our delicious loaves. They freeze beautifully, we can slice the bread and you can freeze some of it. Take out a slice and toast and it’s as good as the fresh stuff.

And there’s so much you can do with any leftover bread, from bread & butter pudding to crunchy croutons, versatile breadcrumbs to yummy French toast.

BBC Good Food has some fantastic ways to use up your loaf.

We’ve won yet another Great Taste Award, this time for our delicious Signature Carrot Cake

Great Taste is the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink accreditation scheme.

Putting food or drink to the test with their panel of over 500 experts is a quick way to get honest, straightforward and impartial feedback from chefs, buyers, food writers and retailers. Great Taste stars are highly respected seals of approval.

So we are absolutely delighted to learn that we have tickled the taste buds of their judges yet again. After our Snickerdoodles and Seeded Crackers won in 2022 and 2023, we have now been awarded a Great Taste 2024 award for our Signature Carrot Cake.

Gooey and delicious, with lashings of cream cheese frosting, it has been one of our best sellers for years.

Try it for yourself and you will see why.

Can you believe that we opened on Wandsworth Bridge Road 5 years ago?!

It’s been a great half decade, serving the local community, expanding to Fulham Road, winning awards and most of all, meeting all of our lovely neighbours 🙂

Celebrate with us on Sat 15th June at both our stores from 10am

Face Painting & fun balloons for kids

…and adults if you want to 🙂

Come and be decorated as your favourite animal, superhero or even a Bridge Baker cake!

Great fun for all the family!

Freebies and Tastings

Come and sample some delicious goodies from the Bridge Baker kitchens, and watch out for special 5th birthday freebies

and FREE Bridge Baker Canvas Bags for the first 100 customers!

As an official partner of this legendary event at Hurlingham Park on June 7th, 8th & 9th, we will be running TWO GREAT SPECIAL OFFERS for ticket holders.

15% OFF Brunch

Enjoy a delicious Brunch treat from our wide menu, including Eggs Benedict, Avo toast, Shakshuka and much more. 

Pizza deal for 2

Enjoy 2 of the “Best Pizzas In London” (as recommended by squaremeal.com) and get 2 FREE glasses of house wine, beers or bottled drinks. Booking recommended.

Plus
Get DISCOUNTED TICKETS for Polo In The Park!

Simply use our discount code ‘BRIDGEBAKER’ when you purchase

We’ve got some super-special super-treats for your very own super-hero

Boozy Chocolate & Vanilla Cake

Father’s Day Special Chocolate Cupcakes

We’ve got loads of Easter treats in store now. Hop on down and ‘chick’ them out!

6″ Easter Carrot Cake

Cute Carrot Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Beautiful Hand-made Easter Eggs

Classic Hot Cross Buns

Easter Gingerbread

It won’t just be Irish that are smiling with our chocolate and Baileys Shamrock Tarts

Cute little chocolate tarts, smothered with delicious Bailey butter cream. They actually look like a tiny Guinness 🙂

Then we top them with a perfect handmade sweet Shamrock.

Only on sale until St.Patricks Day so don’t miss out.

£3.95 each

Our golden, glistening Easter classics are on sale NOW!! They sell fast so don’t miss them!

It’s just not Easter without Hot Cross Buns and here at Bridge Baker we take them very seriously.

Soft and chewy with a glistening glaze and made with our own spice blend.

Grab them while you can.

£2.25 each or £8.50 for 4

Come and meet your friendly Fulham neighbours at our regular social event

How do you fancy meeting your friendly neighbours over a glass of Wine (or Beer or Soft Drink) and a delicious Pizza?

Bridge Baker are holding a new series of social sessions at our lovely new Bakery and Pizzeria on Fulham Road in Parsons Green. It will be a small informal gathering of about 20 locals, to chat, make new friends, swap local tips and advice, and just generally have a great midweek night out.

All are welcome, but there is a limit of 20 people per event, so early booking is recommended. Tickets must be pre-booked. This includes a glass of wine (or beer or soft drink) and a freshly-baked slow-fermented Pizza from our selection.

We are able to serve Gluten free and vegan options, pls let us know at the time of booking.

Table-booking site Squaremeal has named Bridge Baker as one of the “Best Pizzas in London”

Wow! We are thrilled.

Squaremeal.com is well known for it’s ‘Best of’ guides, and we are absolutely thrilled to find ourselves listed in their new “Best Pizzas In London” guide.

Here’s what they have to say about us…

If you want to try our Pizzas for yourself, whether to dine-in, takeaway or book a delivery, check out our Pizza Page