Pre-order by Thursday
Order online by 5pm Thursday and collect any time Saturday. Paid in advance, no queue.
Sourdough & pastry · Totnes
Baked this morning. Usually gone by lunch.
Long-fermented sourdough, laminated pastries and proper cakes, baked overnight on the high street. Pre-order for Saturday and it will be waiting for you.
Every loaf goes
home in paper
No. 01
Saturday bag
Butter croissant£3.20
Out of the ovenToday
Country sourdough6.10Two racks · usually gone by 11
Butter croissant6.40Ninety today · gone by half ten
Cardamom bun7.05The one people queue for
Seeded rye7.30Keeps for a week, lasts till lunch
Times from this morning’s bake sheet.
48hrs
Wild levain, cold ferment, no shortcuts.
Saturday pre-order
Order by Thursday 5pm. Skip the queue.
Start an order →- Baked on site overnight
- Saturday pre-orders close Thursday 5pm
- Allergens listed on every bake
- 5★ food hygiene
Today’s bakes
What’s on the rack, and when it runs out.
Sell-out times are typical Saturdays. Weekdays last longer. Each card turns over to show a typical Saturday, from 8am opening to 3pm close.
Country sourdough
£5.20
48-hour ferment, white and wholemeal.
Country sourdough
~11:00
usually sold out on a Saturday
48-hour ferment, white and wholemeal.
- Gluten
Butter croissant
£3.20
Three-day lamination with Cornish butter.
Butter croissant
~10:30
usually sold out on a Saturday
Three-day lamination with Cornish butter.
- Gluten
- Milk
- Egg
Cardamom bun
£3.60
The one people queue for.
Cardamom bun
~10:00
usually sold out on a Saturday
The one people queue for.
- Gluten
- Milk
- Egg
Seeded rye
£5.80
Dense, sour, keeps for a week.
Seeded rye
~13:30
usually sold out on a Saturday
Dense, sour, keeps for a week.
- Gluten
- Sesame
Celebration cake · From £45
8-inch, serves 12–16. Order at least a week ahead.
Saturday pre-order
Order by Thursday. Skip the queue on Saturday.
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Pre-order by Thursday
Order online by 5pm Thursday and collect any time Saturday. Paid in advance, no queue.
- 2
We bake it for you
Your order is set aside first, before the shop rack is filled. It cannot sell out on you.
- 3
Collect any time Saturday
Give your name at the side of the counter. No queue, no card machine, done.
Example order
Saturday collection
Orders close Thursday 5pm
- 1 × Country sourdough£5.20
- 2 × Butter croissant£6.40
- 4 × Cardamom bun£14.40
- 1 × Seeded rye£5.80
Paid in advance£31.80
Start my orderOvernight
While Totnes sleeps.
9pm
Mix
Levain goes into the dough. The 48 hours started two days ago.
2am
Shape & score
Every loaf shaped by hand and scored with a blade just before the oven.
5am
Bake
Deck oven on since four. Bread first, then pastry while the stone is still hot.
8am
Doors
The racks are full for about an hour. Then it is first come, first served.
From £458-inch, serves 12–16
Celebration cakes
A proper order form, not a scrap of paper at the till.
Give us at least a week. We will confirm by email within a day, with the price and anything we need to check about allergies.
Honest advice
How to get what you want
Come before ten
Weekends, the popular bakes rarely last past late morning. We bake what we can sell fresh, not more.
Tell us about allergies
Everything is made in one kitchen with flour in the air. We will be straight with you about what is safe.
Example review
“Started pre-ordering after missing the cardamom buns three Saturdays running. Now I stroll in at half twelve and they’re waiting for me.”
Find us
High Street, Totnes.
- Wednesday – Saturday
- 8am – 3pm
- or until we sell out
- usually sooner
- Sunday – Tuesday
- Closed
Halfway up the hill, on the left as you walk up from the bridge. Card or cash.
Wholesale
Cafés and delis
Weekday bread and pastry drops across Totnes, Dartington and Ashburton from 7am. Standing orders, invoiced monthly.
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